ISBN:
9781501752261
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (391 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Nader, Laura Laura Nader : Letters to and from an Anthropologist
DDC:
303.66
Keywords:
Nader, Laura Correspondence
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Anthropologists Correspondence
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Peace
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Peace-building
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Peaceful change (International relations)
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Nuclear disarmament
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World politics 1945-1989
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Electronic books
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Briefsammlung
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Briefsammlung
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Briefsammlung
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Briefsammlung
Abstract:
Laura Nader documents decades of letters written, received, and archived by esteemed author and anthropologist Laura Nader. She revisits her correspondence with academic colleagues, lawyers, politicians, military officers, and many others, all with unique and insightful perspectives on a variety of social and political issues. She uses personal and professional correspondence as a way of examining complex issues and dialogues that might not be available by other means. By compiling these letters, Nader allows us to take an intimate look at how she interacts with people across multiple fields, disciplines, and outlooks.Arranged chronologically by decade, this book follows Nader from her early career and efforts to change patriarchal policies at UC, Berkeley, to her efforts to fight against climate change and minimize environmental degradation. The letters act as snapshots, giving us glimpses of the lives and issues that dominated culture at the time of their writing. Among the many issues that the correspondence in Laura Nader explores are how a man on death row sees things, how scientists are concerned about and approach their subject matter, and how an anthropologist ponders issues of American survival. The result is an intriguing and comprehensive history of energy, physics, law, anthropology, feminism and legal anthropology in the United States, as well as a reflection of a lifelong career in legal scholarship
Abstract:
Laura Nader -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Getting Started in the Sixties -- 2. Reinventing Anthropology in the Seventies -- 3. Uncovering Academic Mindsets in the Eighties -- 4. The Ivory Tower Is No More in the Nineties -- 5. A Twenty-First-Century World -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Letters in Order of Appearance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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