Publicaciones de 2019
Geographies or Indigenous Identity: Spatial Imaginaries and Raciaslised Power Struggles in Bolivia.
Autores: Ravindran, Tathagatan.
Zona Sur of the Bolivian city of La Paz has historically remained a white-mestizospace. The residents of that part of the city hardly go to those parts where peopleof indigenous and popular descent reside. Being at the lowest altitude of the cityof La Paz, it remains sheltered from the cold winds and the low temperatures thatcharacterise the higher parts of the city.
Investigating Developmentalism
Compiling various strands of the dis/enchantment with development discourse in contemporary South Asia, with specific focus on the cases from India, this edited book brings together anthropologists, sociologists, economists, and historians to refresh the understanding of development. It introduces ways of thinking “otherwise” about development discourse and what the contributors term “developmentalism”—the social enchantment with development. The cultural discourse of development in contemporary South Asia manifests not only in the official programs of state agencies, but in cinema, television, and mass media. Dear to various stakeholders—from government leaders and manufacturers to consumers and the electorate—is the axiom of a “development(al) society.” Organized to bridge familiar understandings of development with radical ways of thinking through developmentalism, this book holds value for those engaged in the anthropology and sociology of development, development studies, South Asian studies, as well as for development professionals working for state and non-governmental organizations.
Frictions in Resistance: Imagining Post-neoliberal Developmental Possibilities
Autores: Tathagatan Ravindran
Successive Indian governments as well as the globalizing Indian elites continue to be enthralled by the hopes of high modernity and development which neoliberal policies generate. Nevertheless, neoliberalism has been opposed by Indian left parties as well as social movements. While the traditional left critique has been based on Marxism, some social movements have been inspired by alternative/postdevelopment currents of various hues, which has triggered conflicts between the former and the latter
