Erkan's field diary

Globalisation and nationalism: the new deal, Tom Nairn 

"Life and culture continue to yield new emergent social entities, new adaptive forms brought into being in order to pursue survival and reproduction both through and in spite of the specific work of capitalism."

Richard N Adams, "The Dynamics of Societal Diversity: Notes from Nicaragua", American Ethnologist, 8/1, 1981

 

I know, far too much has been said and written already about "globalisation", mondialisation, Globalisierung, and also about their opposite numbers, anti-globalisation, "glocalism" and so on. No one should propose adding to this untidy heap, without doubts and reservations (for a thoughtful mapping of the untidiness, see Perry Anderson, "Jottings on the Conjuncture", New Left Review 48, November-December 2007).

Is Islamic language male-oriented?

Notable criticism by Western and Eastern modernists and feminists of Islam include the allegation that Islamic discourse makes frequent references to the male and that Islamic practices and premises are based on a male-oriented approach.

Just how ‘revolutionary’ is Turkey’s hadith project?

By Senem Aydın Düzgit

20th Century (Western) Philosophers - Videos

The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment (PDF; 3.9 MB)

Source: Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments
From press release (PDF; 64 KB):

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released a new report, “The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment,” authored by Senior Fellow Robert C. Martinage.

The true paternity of the habitus

By Kerim on Theory

Bill Hanks’ Annual Review essay on Bourdieu is a wonderful overview of Bourdieu’s philosophy of language and the use of Bourdieu’s work in Linguistic anthropology. It also contains something that might be well known, but was news to me: Bourdieu’s theory of the habitus was taken from the art historian Erwin Panofsky. This seems to fly in the face of the traditional genealogy I’m familiar with, which traces his use of the term to Marcel Mauss and Norbert Elias.

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When he rejected the mentalistic notion of the habitus in the seventies, he transposed Panofsky’s language into corporal terms. Here is a chart from the article comparing the terms used by Bourdieu with those of Panofsky:

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Democracy in the network age: time to WeThink, Charles Leadbeater

There are a host of reasons for doubting that the collaborative culture of the web - which I call We Think - will be good for democracy.

More people being able to voice their views does not guarantee better debate. It could just mean more squabbling.