Full Description
This Encylopedia explores the anthropological underpinnings of politics. Featuring biographical entries that reconstruct the life-works of key theorists from across the globe alongside topical entries on a range of issues in political anthropology, it poses the question: what does it mean to be human in contemporary times?
Entries examine classic and modern perspectives in philosophical anthropology, and analyse themes such as the human capacity for meaning-making and how it is impacted by modernity, the dynamics of socio-political transformations and how varying perceptions of human nature have shaped political theory and practice. The Encyclopedia provides thought-provoking insight into the anthropological foundations of contemporary political and cultural phenomena, drawing from work in a wide range of connected fields including comparative historical sociology, classical philosophical anthropology, mythology, art history and beyond.
Students and academics in political science and public policy, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and historiography will greatly benefit from this Encyclopedia's comprehensive overview of political anthropology. It is also a valuable reference tool for political practitioners.
Key Features
Over 130 entries written by leading international scholars
Demonstrates how hypermodern society systematically disconnects humanity from many aspects of reality
Considers anthropology in a broad, multi-disciplinary sense, tracing the meaning back to the Enlightenment and classical times
Incorporates relevant perspectives from classical philosophical anthropology, archaeology, comparative historical sociology, mythology, and civilisational analysis
Contents
Contents
Introduction: On Political
Anthropology 1
Arpad Szakolczai and Paul O'Connor
PART 1 BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES
1 Agamben, Giorgio 7
Carlo Crosato
2 Alinei, Mario 13
Francesco Benozzo
3 Allen, Nicholas 16
Robert Parkin
4 Aquinas, Thomas 20
Gabriele De Anna
5 Ariès, Philippe 27
Patrick Hutton
6 Aristotle 30
Gabriele De Anna
7 Augustine 36
Giuliana Parotto
8 Bateson, Gregory 40
Bjorn Thomassen
9 Borkenau, Franz 46
Arpad Szakolczai
10 Broch, Hermann 52
Jürgen Heizmann
11 Calasso, Roberto 58
Arpad Szakolczai
12 Camus, Albert 65
Ron Srigley
13 Darwin, Charles 70
Christian Illies
14 Dickens, Charles 77
Arpad Szakolczai
15 Dilthey, Wilhelm 83
Austin Harrington
16 Dostoevsky, Fyodor 86
Peter Winsky
17 Dumont, Louis 92
Robert Parkin
18 Elias, Norbert 96
Robert van Krieken
19 Ellul, Jacques 100
Patrick Chastenet
20 Foucault, Michel 106
Arpad Szakolczai
21 Gell, Alfred 113
Arpad Szakolczai
22 Girard, René 119
Harald Wydra
23 Hegel, Georg Friedrich
Wilhelm 125
Christian Illies
24 Heidegger, Martin 133
Harald Seubert
25 Henry, Michel 139
Frédéric Seyler
26 Hobbes, Thomas 144
Thierry Gontier
27 Huizinga, Johan 150
Christophe de Voogd
28 Huxley, Aldous 155
Arpad Szakolczai
29 Kerényi, Károly 162
Gyula Lindner
30 Kierkegaard, Søren 168
René Rosfort
31 Koselleck, Reinhart 174
Jani Marjanen
32 Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien 180
Stanislas Deprez
33 MacIntyre, Alasdair 185
Peter McMylor
34 Mann, Thomas 188
Harvey Goldman
35 Márai, Sándor 194
Agnes Horvath
36 Mauss, Marcel 198
Frank Adloff
37 Mumford, Lewis 204
Arpad Szakolczai
38 Nietzsche, Friedrich 210
Alan Schrift
39 Ortega y Gasset, José 217
Harald Wydra
40 Orwell, George 223
Tom Boland
41 Pascal, Blaise 226
Matthew W. Maguire
42 Pizzorno, Alessandro 231
Arpad Szakolczai
43 Plato 237
Arpad Szakolczai and Agnes Horvath
44 Pocock, John 244
John Marshall
45 Popitz, Heinrich 250
Jochen Dreher
46 Radin, Paul 253
Arpad Szakolczai and Bjørn
Thomassen
47 Scheler, Max 257
Eric J. Mohr
48 Schleiermacher, Friedrich 262
Enoch H. Kuo
49 Serres, Michel 267
Andreas Bandak and Daniel M. Knight
50 Simmel, Georg 272
Thomas Kemple
51 Tarde, Gabriel 275
Harald Wydra
52 Tocqueville, Alexis de 281
David A. Eisenberg
53 Turnbull, Colin 288
Roy Richard Grinker
54 Turner, Victor W. 293
Mathieu Deflem
55 Unamuno, Miguel de 298
Alberto Penades
56 van Gennep, Arnold 301
Bjørn Thomassen
57 Vico, Giambattista 308
Donald P. Verene
58 Voegelin, Eric 312
Barry Cooper
59 Warburg, Aby 317
Maurizio Ghelardi
60 Weber, Max 323
Sajjad Ahmadian and Stephen Turner
61 Whitehead, Alfred North 330
Paul Stenner
62 Wittgenstein, Ludwig 333
Davide Sparti
PART 2 TOPICAL ENTRIES
63 Alchemy 340
Agnes Horvath
64 Alcohol 344
John O'Brien
65 Beauty 347
Christian Illies
66 Biblical liminality 354
Marius Ion Bența
67 Biopolitics 359
Monica Greco
68 Bolshevism 363
Richard Sakwa
69 Boundaries 369
Marius Ion Bența
70 Charis 372
Agnes Horvath
71 Christian monastic
anthropology 376
Mette Birkedal and Bruun
72 Civilisational dynamics 382
Paul O'Connor
73 Civilising process 390
John O'Brien
74 Collective memory 397
Paul O'Connor
75 Concrete, The 404
Alan D. Schrift
76 Conservatism 409
Zoltán Balázs
77 Court society 416
Robert van Krieken
78 Criminalisation 420
Lindsay Farmer
79 Critique 423
Tom Boland
80 Cultural intimacy 429
Michael Herzfeld
81 Democracy 433
Harald Wydra
82 Elite theory: Pareto, Mosca,
Michels 439
Ilaria Riccioni
83 Eschatology 446
Matthias Riedl
84 Ethnic and religious minorities 452
Nándor Bárdi and Árpád
Töhötöm Szabó
85 Etruscan political institutions 459
Maurizio Harari and Nicholas
James Macchione
86 Eugenics 462
Edmund Ramsden
87 Expertise and experts 468
Richard R. Frohock and
Stephen P. Turner
88 Fascism 473
Roger Griffin
89 Feeling and liminal affectivity 480
Paul Stenner
90 French Revolution 487
Camil Francisc Roman
91 Friendship 492
John von Heyking
92 Genealogy 496
Arpad Szakolczai
93 Globalisation 500
Paul O'Connor
94 Gnosticism, Modern 507
Arpad Szakolczai
95 Home 510
Paul O'Connor
96 Humanitarianism 517
Egor Novikov
97 Knowledge 521
Paul O'Connor
98 Law as technology 529
Eugene McNamee
99 Liberty and liberalism 533
David Walsh
100 Liminality 537
Agnes Horvath and Arpad Szakolczai
101 Limits 543
Thomas S. J. Smith
102 Linguistic anthropology: Boas,
Sapir, Whorf 546
John Leavitt
103 Magic 553
Agnes Horvath
104 Mask 560
Arpad Szakolczai
105 Meaning and symbols 566
Harald Wydra
106 Method 571
Arpad Szakolczai
107 Mimetic studies 576
Nidesh Lawtoo
108 Nation 582
Rosario Forlenza
109 Neanderthals 587
Marylène
110 Orthodox Civilization 593
Manussos Marangudakis
111 Palaeolithic Decorated Caves 597
Marc Groenen
112 Patronage 601
Michael Herzfeld
113 Perception, in Medieval
Philosophy 605
José Filipe Silva
114 Person and Personalism 611
David Walsh
115 Pilgrimage 616
Simon Coleman
116 Poetry 621
Tríona Ní Shíocháin
117 Political Alchemy 627
Agnes Horvath
118 Political Religions 630
Peter McMylor
119 Prayer 633
Andreas Bandak
120 Pre-Columbian America 638
Esther Pasztory
121 Presence 644
Franziska Hoppen
122 Privacy, in History 648
Mette Birkedal Bruun and
Paolo Astorri
123 Propaganda 653
James Fairhead and Cesare Silla
124 Revolution 660
Bjørn Thomassen
125 Russian Orthodox Theology 663
Andrea Oppo
126 Scepticism in Politics 669
K. S. Hodge
127 Secrecy 675
Janos Mark Szakolczai
128 Secret Police 680
James A. Kapaló
129 State, Emergence in the Near
East 686
Marcella Frangipane
130 Sustainability 693
Evan Boyle
131 Technology 697
Gilbert Germain
132 Theatricalisation 703
Arpad Szakolczai
133 Trickster 708
Arpad Szakolczai
134 Trust 714
Gonzalo Fernández de
Córdoba Martos
135 Utopian Socialism 717
Peter McMylor
136 Void 721
Agnes Horvath
Postscript: Design for the Human to
Come 725
Tim Ingold
