Presence and Social Obligation: An Essay on the Share by Ferguson, James
Presence and Social Obligation: An Essay on the Share by Ferguson, James

Presence and Social Obligation: An Essay on the Share

In precarious and tumultuous times, schemes of social support, including cash transfers, are increasingly indispensable. Yet the...
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Author: James Ferguson
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Language: English
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Presence and Social Obligation: An Essay on the Share by Ferguson, James

Presence and Social Obligation: An Essay on the Share

$39.11
Presence and Social Obligation: An Essay on the Share by Ferguson, James

Presence and Social Obligation: An Essay on the Share

$39.11
Author: James Ferguson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In precarious and tumultuous times, schemes of social support, including cash transfers, are increasingly indispensable. Yet the inadequacy of the nation-state frame of membership that such schemes depend on is becoming evermore evident, as non-citizens form a growing proportion of the populations that welfare states attempt to govern. In Presence and Social Obligation, James Ferguson argues that conceptual resources for solving this problem are closer to hand than we might think. Drawing on a rich anthropology of sharing, he argues that the obligation to share never depends only on membership, but also on presence: on being "here." Presence and Social Obligation strives to demonstrate that such obligatory sharing based on presence can be observed in the way that marginalized urban populations access state services, however unequally, across the global South. Examples show that such sharing with non-nationals is not some sort of utopian proposal but part of the everyday life of the modern service-delivering state. Presence and Social Obligation is a critical yet refreshing approach to an ever-growing way of being together.


Author: James Ferguson
Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
Published: 04/01/2021
Pages: 85
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.09lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.50w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781734643510

About the Author
James Ferguson is the Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and professor in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University.

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