{"product_id":"doubt-conflict-mediation-isbn-9781118903872","title":"Doubt, Conflict, Mediation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoubt, Conflict, Mediation\u003c\/i\u003e is an interdisciplinary examination and reassessment of standard assumptions in social theory about modern time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRethinks capitalist and neo-liberal conceptions of time from both a sociological and anthropological perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBlends innovative and rich ethnographic studies from around the world with clear theoretical approaches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the timescapes of a variety of institutions and social movements, such as biotech laboratories, civic organizations, planning offices, global sea-trade, urban squatting, and state bureaucracies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes on contributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Doubt, conflict, mediation: the anthropology of modern time (Laura Bear)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEconomic times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Immanent anthropology: a comparative study of ‘process’ in contemporary France (Matt Hodges)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Post-industrial times and the unexpected: endurance and sustainability in Germany’s fastest-shrinking city (Fellix Ringel)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 For labour: Ajeet’s accident and the ethics of technological fixes in time (Laura Bear)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Historical narrative, mundane political time, and revolutionary moments: coexisting temporalities in the lived experience of social movements (Sian Lazar)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Rethinking reproductive politics in time, and time in UK reproductive politics: 1978-2008 (Sarah Franklin)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBureaucratic times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The time it takes: temporalities of planning (Simone Abram)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The reign of terror of the big cat: bureaucracy and the mediation of social times in the Indian Himalaya (Nayanika Mathur)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A wedge of time: futures in the present and presents without futures in Maputo, Mozambique (Morten Nielsen)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Bear\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, UK. For nineteen years, she has carried out archival and ethnographic research in India, especially West Bengal. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLines\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof the Nation: Indian Railway Workers, Bureaucracy and the Intimate Historical Self\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eNavigating Austerity: State Debt and Speculation on a South Asian River\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Jadu House\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). She is a member of the Core Editorial Board for \u003ci\u003eEconomy and Society\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume developed from her leadership (with Professor Stephan Feuchtwang) of the Economic and Social Research Council-funded research network and seminar series ‘Conflicts in Time: Rethinking “Contemporary” Globalization’.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat is modern time? Reopening a question fundamental to the disciplines of anthropology and sociology, this volume challenges existing approaches to capitalist time. Through ethnographies of economic, bureaucratic, and political institutions across the world, it explores how they mediate representations, techniques, and rhythms of time. The timescapes of biotech laboratories, civic organizations, planning offices, global sea trade, social movements, urban squatting, and state bureaucracies are explored.  New analytical tools derived from a wide range of authors, including Althusser, Deleuze, Gell, Marx, Munn, Negri, and Postone are offered. Overall the volume argues that time in modernity is characterized by doubt, conflict, and mediation. This makes it the most precious and contentious resource of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989083275493,"sku":"NP9781118903872","price":36.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118903872.jpg?v=1761782725","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/doubt-conflict-mediation-isbn-9781118903872","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}