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What if we could imagine hierarchy not as a social ill, but as a source of social hope? Taking us into a caste of thieves in northern India, Nobodys People depicts hierarchy as a normative idiom through which people imagine better lives and pursue social ambitions. Failing to find a place inside hierarchic relations, the books heroes are nobodys people: perceived as worthless, disposable and so open to being murdered with no regret or remorse. Following their journey between death and hope, we learn to perceive vertical, non-equal relations as a social good, not only in rural Rajasthan, but also in much of the world--including settings stridently committed to equality. Challenging egalo-normative commitments, Anastasia Piliavsky asks scholars across the disciplines to recognize hierarchy as a major intellectual resource.About author(s):Anastasia Piliavsky is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Politics at the India Institute at Kings College London. She is the editor of Patronage as Politics in South Asia (2014).
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
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