Amarasuriya, H.;
Kelly, T.;
Maunaguru, S.;
Oustinova-Stjepanovic, G.;
(2020)
The Intimate Life of Dissent: Anthropological Perspectives.
[Book].
UCL Press: London.
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Abstract
The Intimate Life of Dissent examines the meanings and implications of public acts of dissent, drawing on examples from ethnography and history. Acts of dissent are never simply just about abstract principles, but also come at great personal risk to both the dissidents and to those close to them. Dissent is, therefore, embedded in deep, complex and sometimes contradictory intimate relations. This book puts acts of high principle back into the personal relations out of which they emerge and take effect, raising new questions about the relationship between intimacy and political commitment. It does so through an introduction and eight individual chapters, drawing on examples including Sri Lankan leftists, Soviet dissidents, Tibetan exiles, Kurdish prisoners, British pacifists, Indonesian student activists and Jewish peace activists. The Intimate Life of Dissent will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of anthropology, history, political theory and sociology. Written in a clear and accessible style, it is also suitable for teaching introductory undergraduate courses on political anthropology.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Intimate Life of Dissent: Anthropological Perspectives |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-78735-777-8 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787357778 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787357778 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Collection © Editors, 2020 Text © Contributors, 2020 The authors have asserted their rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the authors of this work. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from The British Library. This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International licence (CCBY 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work; to adapt the work and to make commercial use of the work providing attribution is made to the authors (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Attribution should include the following information: Amarasuriya et al. (eds.). 2020. The Intimate Life of Dissent: Anthropological Perspectives. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787357778 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Any third-party material in this book is published under the book’s Creative Commons licence unless indicated otherwise in the credit line to the material. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. |
| Keywords: | anthropology,dissent,dissident,Soviet dissidents |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10107736 |
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