{"product_id":"words-and-worlds-9781478013259","title":"Words and Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eWords and Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e examine the state of politics and the political imaginary within contemporary societies by taking up the everyday words such as democracy, revolution, and populism that we use to understand the political present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Emphasizing that words rest within social actions and social worlds and are woven into the fabric of the conceptual backdrop of contemporary politics, economics, and social worlds, this volume will have a major impact on our thinking about the fate of liberalisms and democracy.” -- Elizabeth A. Povinelli, author of * The Inheritance *\u003cbr\u003e“Veena Das and Didier Fassin have assembled an arresting, methodologically innovative, and utterly relevant political lexicon. They have brought together a world-class group of authors who—with great sensitivity and insight—illuminate some of the concepts most urgently required for political understanding.” -- Alice Crary, author of * Inside Ethics: On the Demands of Moral Thought *\u003cbr\u003e“Dark times require that, rather than reasserting fixed conceptual meanings and understandings, we follow Theodor Adorno in focusing upon the concept as both enabling and preventing access to the world. In this respect, [\u003ci\u003eWords and Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e] is an erudite reminder of the power of critical theory to put words to work while appreciating their ambiguous relation to reality.” -- David Chandler * Journal of Anthropological Research *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: From Words to Worlds \/ Didier Fassin and Veena Das  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Knowledge \/ Veena Das  19\u003cbr\u003e 2. Democracy \/ Jan-Werner Müller  39\u003cbr\u003e 3. Authority \/ Banu Bargu  61\u003cbr\u003e 4. Belonging \/ Peter Geschiere  83\u003cbr\u003e 5. Toleration \/ Uday S. Mehta  103\u003cbr\u003e 6. Power \/ Alex De Waal  123\u003cbr\u003e 7. War \/ Julieta Lemaitre  143\u003cbr\u003e 8. Revolution \/ Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi  166\u003cbr\u003e 9. Corruption \/ Caroline Humphery  185\u003cbr\u003e 10. Openness \/ Todd Sanders and Elizabeth F. Sanders  205\u003cbr\u003e 11. Resilience \/ Jonathan Pugh  225\u003cbr\u003e 12. Inequality \/ Ravi Kanbur  243\u003cbr\u003e 13. Crisis \/ Didier Fassin  261\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  277\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  299\u003cbr\u003e Index  303","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408992543063,"sku":"9781478013259","price":75.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478013259.jpg?v=1730505003","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/words-and-worlds-9781478013259","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}