Possibilities

Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire

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Paperback, 433 pages

English language

Published Dec. 26, 2007 by AK Press.

ISBN:
978-1-904859-66-6
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The twelve essays cover a lot of ground, including the origins of capitalism, the history of European table manners, love potions in rural Madagascar, and the phenomenology of giant puppets at street protests. But they’re linked by a clear purpose: to explore the nature of social power and the forms that resistance to it have taken, or might take in the future. Source

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Some of the essays in this book are truly enlightening, especially the one on Manners & Deference, and the one on Social Science as Utopia. Really, they're all excellent, but those are the two that stick with me.

Subjects

  • Social & cultural anthropology
  • Political Science
  • Politics / Current Events
  • Politics/International Relations
  • Essays
  • Political Ideologies - Anarchism
  • Political Science / General
  • General
  • Multicultural Education