Shalini randeria books and journal issues forthcoming randeria, shalini, and bjorn wittrock, eds. Unraveling ties is a unique addition to current debates in sociologya compilation of essays mapping the creation of community life in a modern world that often appears alienating, cold, and even threatening. Global risks, mobilities and interdependencies transnationalize local life and working worlds. Sociology of brideprice and dowry shalini randeria leela visaria this article is provoked by indira rajaramans article on the economics of brideprice and dowry, which appeared in these columns, and by the discussion which followed it february 19, april 9. Civil society, caste solidarities and the postcoloni al state in india.
Unravelling ties from social cohesion to new practices of connectedness, ed. In comparative and transnational histories, edited by heinzgerhard haupt and jurgen kocka, 77105. Shalini randeria at graduate institute of international and development studies. Asian, african and british sailors in the merchant marine c. Ramthas most popular book is a beginners guide to creating reality. Entangled histories and negotiated universals explores the changing field of local histories.
Shalini randeria is rector of the institute for human sciences iwm, director of the albert hirschman centre on democracy and professor at the graduate institute of international and development studies, geneva. Einleitung geteilte geschichten europa in einer postkolonialen welt. May 04, 2019 the third section will indeed explore how the abandonment of asylum seekers in the jungle of calais and its necropolitical effects are deeply entangled with the biopolitics of refugees management. This study provides the first substantial history and analysis of the today and tomorrow series of 110 books, published by kegan paul trench. This is where the institute for human sciences iwm is headed by randeria. Caste panchayats, based on caste system in india, are castespecific juries of elders for villages or higherlevel communities in india. This anthology looks at switzerland, which, by its very strong economic involvements with colonialism, its doctrine of neutrality, and its transnationally entangled scientific community, constitutes a. Colonial switzerland rethinking colonialism from the.
See, for instance, linebaugh and rediker, manyheaded hydra. Magical realist sociologies of belonging and becoming. This monday at the beginning of march she packs book boxes in her office in viennaalsergrund. Apr 20, 2007 global risks, mobilities and interdependencies transnationalize local life and working worlds.
Starting from an understanding of memory that centers on memorys temporality, its relation to language, and its quality as a social action, the essay puts forward the concept of entangled memory. Social changes in a global world sage publications inc. Transnationalization of law, fractured states and legal pluralism in the south, pp. Civil society, caste councils and legal pluralism in postcolonial india shalini randeria. Entangled history eh is a historical perspective and a concept in historiography. Shalini randeria list of publications books and journal issues. In 1999 shalini randeria coined the notion of entangled histories of uneven modernities as a historical concept of transcultural relations. Originally entitled nick cook meets ramtha, by tim ventura, june 2004.
The bionecropolitics of state inaction in eu refugee. From social cohesion to cartographies of connectedness, pp. Eric ross, academic my fabulous scholarly activities. The concept, going back to the sociologist and social anthropologist shalini randeria, was originally developed to describe the relation between the west and the rest in colonial and postcolonial times randeria 1999. Kulturwissenschaften, frankfurt campus 2002 with shalini randeria. Edited theme issues german colonialism, volume 41, no. Ivo ritzer is junior professor for media studies and african studies at the university of bayreuth. Campus verlag, 2002, as well as shalini randeria, entangled histories of uneven modernities. The use of the expression entangled inequalities is inspired by discussions on entangled modernity as developed by conrad and randeria.
Shalini randeria 12 may 2020 in commemoration of agnes hellers birthday, ludger hagedorn and shalini randeria honour the philosophers final publication, paradox europa, recognizing hopes counterpoint to despair within her words and actions. A more detailed discussion on the concept entangled inequalities is developed in costa 2011, lillemets 20, braig et al. Shalini randeria was appointed iwms new rector by the institutes boards and will take. Schiel, juliane entangled histories of counterfactual. Lastly, the paper will discuss how the camp emerges as a political space where biopower and political agency coexist. Shalini was an onair news reporter and print journalist for over 10 years. Civil society, caste solidarities and legal pluralism in post. For those who are familiar with some previous books by jan n. Civil society, caste solidarities and legal pluralism in postcolonial india in yehuda elkana and others eds, unraveling ties.
Some reflections on multiple, selective and entangled modernities. Writing, science, and modernity in the today and tomorrow book series, 192331. She has published widely on the anthropology of globalization, law, the state, social movements, as well as on postcoloniality and. Sebastian conrad and shalini randeria have elaborated a similar perspective to histoire. Topics range from family life and friendship to the integral role of the deviant in society. Eisenstadt, entangled shalini randeria and global arjun appadurai modernities simultaneously and immediately clash in social action. On another it is a sort of spot the clues book full of references to the themes and facts contained in hancocks nonfiction books from the last couple of decades. Civil society, caste councils, and legal pluralism in postcolonial india 77 shalini randeria chapter 5 lost in translation. Pieterse, such as ethnicities and global multiculture, development theory or the coauthored the decolonization of imagination, the present book is both welcome and unexpected. Ramtha has 140 books on goodreads with 3855 ratings.
This is the first book to provide a critical and interdisciplinary view of mobilities. His teachings emphasize that each individual is responsible for their own reality, that your attitudes affect your life, and that you can c. Sebastian conrad and shalini randeria have elaborated a similar perspective to histoire croisee within a postcolonial articulation. Civil society and legal pluralism in the shadow of caste. From a relational perspective of disparate and divergent but uneven and entangled modernities randeria 2002 randeria, 2004, the latter form part of a shared history in which colonialism is. Books religion webtech im not sure if its a sign of the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning, but on the new harry potter fansite and ecommerce store that goes live late next month, you can finally by digital versions of all seven volumes of j. The result is a thoughtful, meticulously researched volume that will be useful to. Eisenstadt, entangled shalini randeria and global arjun appadurai. Shalini randeria is currently professor and chair of the department of social. Jan 01, 2010 entangled was sort of like reading two different books for me. His has given numerous lectures all over the world and published multiple essays just as several monographs and edited books, with topics such as media aesthetics, media archaeology and media anthropology. Pdf futures of modernity download full pdf book download.
She has been president of the european association of social anthropologists easa and a fellow of the institute of advanced study in berlin germany. From social cohesion to new practices of connectedness campus 2002 308. Shalini randeria 1999, 2000 has further developed the model of eisenstadt and speaks in contrast to this research program of entangled modernities or interwoven forms. Abolition as boundary object in transatlantic enlightenment. States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely involved in colonial practices. Shalini randeria shalini randeria is chair of the department of social anthropologysociology at the graduate institute of international and development studies in geneva switzerland. Thus the seeming facticity of demographic numbers hides the normativity that underlies state interventions to differentially reduce or increase the fertility of certain groups of women in every society. Civil society, caste solidarities and legal pluralism in post colonial india, in yehuda elkanaet al. Eisenstadt, entangled shalini randeria and global arjun appadurai modernities simultaneously and immediately clash in. On a normal day, shalini randeria would be jetting to geneva, maybe she would be at a conference in north america or for field research in india.
Civil society, caste solidarities and legal pluralism in postcolonial india, in unraveling ties. The paper therefore suggests integrating counterfactual thinking into the concept of entangled histories by shalini randeria, which is illustrated in a case study on the late middle ages. Request pdf entangled modernities modernity is better defined as a time orientation. Legal pluralism, social movements and the postcolonial state in india. She proposes to abandon the idea of parallel versions of modernity and instead to speak of a model of interwoven forms that has arisen in the course of world history. Randeria described modern history as a shared and divided history, emphasizing the twofold results from increased interactions and interdependence. Civil society, caste solidarities and legal pluralism in postcolonial india, in. Civil society, caste solidarity and legal pluralism in postcolonial india.
These processes lead to an inner globalization of societies in which worldwide constellations of reflexive ulrich beck, multiple shmuel n. Fractured sovereignty and differential citizenship rights. Feb 01, 2014 abstract this essay takes up the call for a third phase in memory studies and makes theoretical and methodological suggestions for its further development. The ship, whose movements across the atlantic contributed to the establishment of global connections, thus became tightly entangled in a global media landscape, with newspapers and readers from all over the globe focusing their attention on the small shipboard community. The expression was inspired by the idea of entangled modernity, coined by conrad and randeria 2002 and further developed by therborn 2003, and its.
Randeria described modern history as a shared and divided history, emphasizing the twofold results from increased. Emerging economies and development by jan nederveen pieterse london. From social cohesion to new practices of connectedness, ed. Civil society, case councils, and legal pluralism in postcolonial india. Young researchers from around the worldincluding scholars from canada, mozambique, china, and germany, representing fields as diverse as history, linguistics, political science, anthropology, medicine, and materials sciencepresent their findings, all of which. Young researchers from around the worldincluding scholars from canada, mozambique, china, and germany, representing fields as diverse as history, linguistics, political science, anthropology, medicine, and materials sciencepresent their findings, all of which coincide in their understanding that. Civil society, caste councils, and legal pluralism in postcolonial india, in john keane ed. Randeria, shalini 2006 entangled histories of uneven modernities. Nikita dhawan and shalini randeria oxford handbooks.