{"product_id":"culture-and-dignity-isbn-9781118319000","title":"Culture and Dignity","description":"In \u003ci\u003eCulture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and ethnographic roots of the complex relationship between the East and the West, revealing how cultural differences can lead to violence or a more peaceful co-existence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples—especially the critical intercultural dialogues between the cultures of the East and the West\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes an historical and ethnographic approach to studying the intermingling of Arab peoples and the West.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how cultural exchange between the East and West is a two-way process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an anthropological perspective on issues such as religious fundamentalism, the lives of women and children, notions of violence and order\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Acknowledgments x  \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndignities 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNaturalizing Difference and the Great Transformation 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison, Ethnography, and History 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From Rifa’ ah al-Tahtawi to Edward Said: Lessons in Culture and Dignity 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRifa’ ah al-Tahtawi and France 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Hundred Years Later: Edward Said 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Ethnography as Theory: On the Roots of Controversy in Anthropology 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnstated Consensus 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Ethnographic Worth: 1896–2000 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnographic Audiences 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Outsider Looking In on Anthropology’s Ethnography 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Control of Women 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Hierarchy and Processes of Control 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Specifi city of Eastern and Western Grids 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositional Superiority, Thought Systems, and Other Cultures 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWays of Seeing and Comparing – East and West 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Controlling Role of Ideas 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Use of Revolution in Gender Control 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Systems of Female Subordination 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonialism, Development, Religion, and Gender Control 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Need to Separate Identities 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Corporate Fundamentalism: Constructing Childhood in the United States and Elsewhere 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManufacturing Culture Bit by Bit 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFundamentalisms: Corporate and Religious 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarketing and Children: The United States 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrugs, Commercialism, and the Biomedical Paradigm: An American Example 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Corporate Profits and Education Meet: The Educational Testing Industry 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFundamentalisms: Economic, Religious, Political 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to Corporate Fundamentalism: Future Directions 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Culture and the Seeds of Nonviolence in the Middle East 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisharmonic Westernization and Pilgrimage 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween the Stereotype and Reality 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLittle Worlds in the International Grip 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture and Nonviolence: Who Stands to Gain From Peace? 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDignity Becomes Reality 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Normative Blindness and Unresolved Human Rights Issues: The Hypocrisy of Our Age 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Constraints 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnresolved Issues 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Nonstate Human Rights Effort 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth and Human Rights 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman Rights and Commercialism 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Breaking the Silence: Politics and Professional Autonomy 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSilence and Dominant Hegemonies 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesensitization 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMistakes Repeated in the Iraq Invasion 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Lessons 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons Learned 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies of Subordination – In Reverse 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacro-histories 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This kind of work needs more deliberation in the academic world and it is a delight for practitioners who are interested in radicalising the discipline and practice of anthropology.  Since the book eschews technical language of the specialist, it is equally accessible to the nonspecialist reader.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Intercultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The book is written in an engaging and highly accessible manner. Although it would have benefited from a deeper differentiated discussion of ‘cultural dignity’ and what it means in this world that Nader paints, \u003ci\u003eCulture and dignity\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking exercise in the kind of connections we need to make for an anthropology committed to a more honest and robust knowledge of the Middle East and the world.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological\u003c\/i\u003e Institute, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Drawing from an eclectic sample of literature dealing with the global connections between the Middle East and the West, the author achieves a much needed – and very timely – intellectual ‘check-up’ and warns us against cultural framings that serve to side-line serious explorations of the roots and nature of human suffering. It is crucial for all those of us who are genuinely concerned with peace to liberate our imaginations from the myths and stereotypes that work to divide us.”  (\u003ci\u003eStudies in Ethnicity And Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e, 15 October  2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The collection reflects the many lasting contributions Nader has made to understanding and improving the human condition. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels\/libraries.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 July 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. An influential voice in contemporary anthropology, Laura Nader’s books include \u003ci\u003eNaked Science: Anthropological Inquiry into Boundaries, Power and Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Life of the Law\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and, with Ugo Mattei, \u003ci\u003ePlunder–When the Rule of Law is Illegal\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulture and Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e explores the roots of the complex connections between the East and the West.  Laura Nader uses ethnography to differentiate between the stereotype and reality of East-West relations and Arab documents, from the Crusades as well as contemporary Arab ethnography, to deconstruct the filters through which we see each other.  By examining historical exchanges between East and West, Nader reveals how privileging difference has often led to violence and desensitization.  In her vivid examples from history as well as analysis of ongoing events, she delineates the myriad indignities and false assumptions that surround Western dealings with Arabs and Muslims.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis highly readable treatise from an influential voice in contemporary anthropology is based on the premise that a look in the mirror is essential for understanding what is going on today – the fundamentalisms we share – religious, economic, and political – dignity – theirs and ours.  \u003ci\u003eCulture and Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e offers more than a half-century of personal and professional experience in presenting Middle Eastern and Western perspectives on one another, and insights into relationships between East and West into the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Laura Nader is an intellectual national treasure.  \u003ci\u003eCulture and Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e is an important synthesis of anthropological theory and practice.  Laura Nader shows how ethnography transforms would be observers and subjects into active participants in larger processes and power relations.  From critiques of corporate fundamentalism to inverting Western notions of the control of women in the Middle East, Nader's brilliant analysis shows the promise of anthropology to break through dominant Western narratives.  \u003ci\u003eCulture and Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital and timely work that should be read by all interested in cutting through the cultural fog enshrouding policy discussions of corporatism, building peace in the Middle East, and human rights issues.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eDavid H. Price, author of the books\u003c\/i\u003e Weaponizing Anthropology \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Anthropological Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It is the best book I have read that deconstructs the myths of the East\/West binary and brings much needed clarity into the blurred and complex borders that ‘separate’ the two.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGeorge Saliba, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eCulture and Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura Nader poses a challenge to her colleagues in the field of cultural anthropology, and the rest of us, to shed our hubris and bias and see the world and ourselves with new eyes. Nader's work is ambitious. And it succeeds. Not since Edward Said's \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e have I read a work with the same potential to transform an entire discipline. In one reading, I came to a new understanding of the role of family, of the ‘women's rights’ movement, of religious fundamentalism, and of my own political work.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eJames J. Zogby, The Arab American Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“These essays by Laura Nader--on law, nonviolence, terrorism, women's status, the Middle Eastern culture--are passionate arguments against ‘the hypocrisy of our age.’ An anthropologist with decades of fieldwork experience, Nader challenges with great intellectual rigor and political courage the pieties of current Western hegemonic thought with consequences that are breathtaking.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eJoseba Zulaika, University of Nevada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book of challenging, intelligent, and provocative essays on a variety of topics can be read with great profit by students, colleagues, and a general public. It made me think in new ways about the role of anthropology and many social and cultural questions, including the position of women, on a comparative world scale, as I expected from such a deservedly distinguished writer.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eNikki Keddie, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989013872869,"sku":"NP9781118319000","price":89.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118319000.jpg?v=1761782435","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/culture-and-dignity-isbn-9781118319000","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}