Encompassing a range of disciplines—notably anthropology,politics, history, comparative literature, andphilosophy—the unprecedented annual publication Late Editions exposes unsettling dilemmas and unprecedentedchallenges facing cultural studies on the brink of thetwenty-first century. Successive volumes will appearannually until the year 2000, each engaging the predicamentsof particular institutions, nations, and persons at thispoint of social, cultural, and political change. Theproject will test the limits of scholarly conventions byfinding new ways to expose cultural formations emerging fromthe maturation or exhaustion of once-powerful ideas whosevalidity is now deeply in question.Perilous States, the first volume of Late Editions, presents conversations between Americanscholars, most of whom are anthropologists, and individualssituated amidst political and social upheaval. Pimarily butnot exclusively from Eastern Europe, the cast includesRussian writers, Hungarian scientists and academics, Armenianpoliticians, Siberian religious and medical leaders, a Gypsyleader, a Polish poet, a French politician, and a white SouthAfrican musician who is a self-styled Zulu. Their voicesunite around themes of democracy, market economy, individualrights, and the reawakened force of suppressed ethnic andracial identities.To obtain fresh perspectives on these cultural and socialtransformations, the volumes will consist of in-depthconversations, relayed in essay form, between scholars andindividuals in other cultures with whom they shareaffinities. This novel approach blends the immediacy ofinterviews, the objectivity of journalism, and theintellectual rigor of scholarship.Contributors to this volume are Marjorie Balzer, SamBeck, David B. Coplan, Michael M. J. Fischer, Nia Georges,Bruce Grant, Douglas R. Holmes, Stella Gregorian, George E.Marcus, Kathryn Milun, Eleni Papagaroufali, Paul Rabinow,Julie Taylor, and Tom White.
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Encompassing a range of disciplines--notably anthropology, politics, history, comparative literature, and philosophy--the unprecedented annual publication Late Editions exposes unsettling dilemmas and unprecedented challenges facing cultural studies on the brink of the twenty-first century. Successive volumes will appear annually until the year 2000, each engaging the predicaments of particular institutions, nations, and persons at this point of social, cultural, and political change. The project will test the limits of scholarly conventions by finding new ways to expose cultural formations emerging from the maturation or exhaustion of once-powerful ideas whose validity is now deeply in question. Perilous States, the first volume of Late Editions, presents conversations between American scholars, most of whom are anthropologists, and individuals situated amidst political and social upheaval. Pimarily but not exclusively from Eastern Europe, the cast includes Russian writers, Hungarian scientists and academics, Armenian politicians, Siberian religious and medical leaders, a Gypsy leader, a Polish poet, a French politician, and a white South African musician who is a self-styled Zulu. Their voices unite around themes of democracy, market economy, individual rights, and the reawakened force of suppressed ethnic and racial identities. To obtain fresh perspectives on these cultural and social transformations, the volumes will consist of in-depth conversations, relayed in essay form, between scholars and individuals in other cultures with whom they share affinities. This novel approach blends the immediacy of interviews, the objectivity of journalism, and the intellectual rigor of scholarship. Contributors to this volume are Marjorie Balzer, Sam Beck, David B. Coplan, Michael M. J. Fischer, Nia Georges, Bruce Grant, Douglas R. Holmes, Stella Gregorian, George E. Marcus, Kathryn Milun, Eleni Papagaroufali, Paul Rabinow, Julie Taylor, and Tom White.
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