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Life and Words: Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary

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In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology’s most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena Das examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In a major departure from much anthropological inquiry, Das asks how this violence has entered "the recesses of the ordinary" instead of viewing it as an interruption of life to which we simply bear witness. Das engages with anthropological work on collective violence, rumor, sectarian conflict, new kinship, and state and bureaucracy as she embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of the relations among violence, gender, and subjectivity. Weaving anthropological and philosophical reflections on the ordinary into her analysis, Das points toward a new way of interpreting violence in societies and cultures around the globe. The book will be indispensable reading across disciplinary boundaries as we strive to better understand violence, especially as it is perpetrated against women.
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About the Author

Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a founding member of the Institute of Socio-Economic Research in Development and Democracy. Among her books is Violence and Subjectivity, which she coedited with Arthur Kleinman, Mamphela Ramphele, and Pamela Reynolds (UC Press). Stanley Cavell is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Harvard University.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars

N.B.F. · December 7, 2015

This is a remarkable book, theoretically rich but also very human.

3.0 out of 5 stars Meh

H.P. · June 21, 2013

This book was meh because my teacher was meh. If i had less of a meh teacher, it probably would have been less meh.

One Star

A.D. · January 8, 2017

pages were torn and the binding was broken.

philosophy and security

T.T. · June 15, 2016

It has helped me to study multiculturalism, sectarian violence, and Indian society. And if you want a book that can show how philosophers are still relevant and necessary to understanding security issues and violence, this book should be at the center of your agenda. However, one disappointment for me was that it uses European theorists, and does not really include any homegrown legal studies theory from India.

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Description:

In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology’s most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena Das examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In a major departure from much anthropological inquiry, Das asks how this violence has entered "the recesses of the ordinary" instead of viewing it as an interruption of life to which we simply bear witness. Das engages with anthropological work on collective violence, rumor, sectarian conflict, new kinship, and state and bureaucracy as she embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of the relations among violence, gender, and subjectivity. Weaving anthropological and philosophical reflections on the ordinary into her analysis, Das points toward a new way of interpreting violence in societies and cultures around the globe. The book will be indispensable reading across disciplinary boundaries as we strive to better understand violence, especially as it is perpetrated against women.
Read more

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a founding member of the Institute of Socio-Economic Research in Development and Democracy. Among her books is Violence and Subjectivity, which she coedited with Arthur Kleinman, Mamphela Ramphele, and Pamela Reynolds (UC Press). Stanley Cavell is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Harvard University.

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars

N.B.F. · December 7, 2015

This is a remarkable book, theoretically rich but also very human.

3.0 out of 5 stars Meh

H.P. · June 21, 2013

This book was meh because my teacher was meh. If i had less of a meh teacher, it probably would have been less meh.

One Star

A.D. · January 8, 2017

pages were torn and the binding was broken.

philosophy and security

T.T. · June 15, 2016

It has helped me to study multiculturalism, sectarian violence, and Indian society. And if you want a book that can show how philosophers are still relevant and necessary to understanding security issues and violence, this book should be at the center of your agenda. However, one disappointment for me was that it uses European theorists, and does not really include any homegrown legal studies theory from India.

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