The real in the real economy
The real in the real economy Over the last few decades, and especially following the 2008 crisis and the current period of turbulence and uncertainty, “the real economy” has been…
The concept of Stimmung: From indifference to xenophobia in Germany’s refugee crisis
The concept of Stimmung: From indifference to xenophobia in Germany’s refugee crisis This article deals with the German concept of Stimmung, which does not allow a translation into the English…
Philia and phagia: Thinking with Stimmungswechsel through the refugee crisis in Greece
Philia and phagia: Thinking with Stimmungswechsel through the refugee crisis in Greece Comment on Borneman, John, and Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi. 2017. “The concept of Stimmung: From indifference to xenophobia in Germany’s…
What does Stimmung mean?
What does Stimmung mean? Comment on Borneman, John, and Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi. 2017. “The concept of Stimmung: From indifference to xenophobia in Germany’s refugee crisis.” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7…
Do Germans smell like a rose? Phagia, philia, phobia
Do Germans smell like a rose? Phagia, philia, phobia Response to comments on Borneman, John, and Parvis Ghassem- Fachandi. 2017. “The concept of Stimmung: From indifference to xenophobia in Germany’s…
Whose moods? Anthropologists in a bubble
Whose moods? Anthropologists in a bubble Comment on Borneman, John, and Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi. 2017. “The concept of Stimmung: From indifference to xenophobia in Germany’s refugee crisis.” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic…
Fetishistic causation (The 2017 Stirling Lecture)
Fetishistic causation (The 2017 Stirling Lecture) In this lecture I argue that anthropology can grasp the cultural peculiarity of modernity by critically scrutinizing its foundational categories of “economy” and “technology”…
Future tense: Capital, labor, and technology in a service industry (The 2017 Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture)
Future tense: Capital, labor, and technology in a service industry (The 2017 Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture) Since its beginning in 2000, the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry has grown to…
Gun owners, ethics, and the problem of evil: A response to the Las Vegas shooting
Gun owners, ethics, and the problem of evil: A response to the Las Vegas shooting This article examines the ways in which American gun owners deploy a particular ethical system…
Why do we read the classics?
Why do we read the classics? Debates on the epistemological, ethical, and historical constitution of the anthropological corpus are one of the reasons why anthropology has always thrived. Whether in…
Free gifts that must be invented
Free gifts that must be invented Go to Source
Baipurangi’s dreams: The interface between ethnography and psychoanalysis in the work of Lucien Sebag
Baipurangi’s dreams: The interface between ethnography and psychoanalysis in the work of Lucien Sebag Lucien Sebag’s “Analysis of the dreams of a Guayaki Indian woman” appeared in Les Temps modernes …
The gift in India
The gift in India This article is a previously unpublished conference talk on the use made by Marcel Mauss, in his essay on the gift, of sources in Sanskrit from…
Divine kings and the “breath of men” (The 1959 Frazer Lecture)
Divine kings and the “breath of men” (The 1959 Frazer Lecture) This article is a reprint of Wilson, Monica. 1959. “‘Divine kings’ and the breath of men.” The Frazer Lecture,…
Analysis of the dreams of a Guayaki Indian woman
Analysis of the dreams of a Guayaki Indian woman The following is a translation of Lucien Sebag’s “Analyse des rêves d’une Indienne Guayaki,” originally printed in Les Temps modernes, CCXVII,…
Toward an anthropology of intersubjectivity
Toward an anthropology of intersubjectivity Comment on Duranti, Alessandro. 2015. The anthropology of intentions: Language in a world of others. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Go to Source
Action
Action Response to comments on Enfield, N. J., and Jack Sidnell. 2017. The concept of action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Go to Source
The narrative sense of others
The narrative sense of others Comment on Duranti, Alessandro. 2015. The anthropology of intentions: Language in a world of others. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Go to Source
How to distinguish a wink from a twitch
How to distinguish a wink from a twitch Comment on Duranti, Alessandro. 2015. The anthropology of intentions: Language in a world of others. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Go to Source
In and out of intersubjective attunement
In and out of intersubjective attunement Response to comments on Duranti, Alessandro. 2015. The anthropology of intentions: Language in a world of others. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Go to Source