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oapen-20.500.12657-517822024-03-27T06:16:14Z The Intimate Life of Dissent Kelly, Tobias Amarasuriya, Harini Kelly, Tobias Maunaguru, Sidharthan Oustinova-Stjepanovic, Galina Spencer, Jonathan anthropology dissent dissidents history sociology ethnography oppression Sri Lankan leftists Soviet dissidents Tibetan exiles Kurdish prisoners British pacifists Indonesian student activists Jewish peace activists thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVR Political oppression and persecution 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. 2021-12-08T12:15:42Z 2021-12-08T12:15:42Z 2020 book ONIX_20211208_9781787357778_14 9781787357778 9781787357785 9781787357792 9781787357808 9781787357815 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51782 eng application/pdf n/a 9781787357778.pdf UCL Press UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781787357778 10.14324/111.9781787357778 df73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2 9781787357778 9781787357785 9781787357792 9781787357808 9781787357815 UCL Press London open access
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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.
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