Introduction Ulf Hannerz and the Militant Middle Ground

• Published in: Anthropology Now and Next p. 1
• Main Authors: Garsten, Christina, Eriksen Hylland, Thomas, Randeria, Shalini
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Berghahn Books 15.10.2014; Berghahn Books, Incorporated
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: American literature; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Arts; Behavioral sciences; Communications; Communities; Comparative literature; Cultural anthropology; Cultural studies; Development studies; Globalization; Group identity; Human societies; International development; Linguistic anthropology; Literary studies; Literature; Political debate; Political processes; Political science; Politics; Psychology; Social & cultural anthropology; Social Anthropology; Social groups; Social psychology; Social sciences; Social theory; socialantropologi; Sociology; Urban anthropology; World literature; Writing; Written communication
• ISBN: 1782384499; 9781782384496; 1782384502; 9781782384502

Ulf Hannerz’ published work spans more than four decades to date and has, since the beginning, contributed to shaping and reshaping the world of anthropology. The very titles of some of his major books—Soulside(1969),Exploring the City(1980),Cultural Complexity(1992),Transnational Connections(1996),Foreign News(2004), andAnthropology’s World(2010)—reveal an anthropologist who has consistently been ahead of his time in exploring subjects that were not yet the academic fashion. Yet he has been both conversant with, and drawing energy from, his peers and the traditions of the discipline on both sides of the Atlantic, just