"Originally published in German, Christoph Wulf's "Anthropology" sets its sights on a topic as ambitious as its title suggests: anthropology itself. Arguing for an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to anthropology that incorporates science, philosophy, history, and many other disciplines, Wulf examines - with breathtaking scope - all the ways that anthropology has been understood and practiced around the globe and through the ..."
"Repetition is constitutive of human life. Both the species and the individual develop through repetition. Unlike simple recall, repetition is permeated by the past and the present and is oriented toward the future. Repetition of central actions and events plays an important role in the lives of individuals and the life of society. It helps to create meaning and memory. Because repetition is a central aspect of human life, it plays a rol ..."
"This volume develops a unique framework to understand India through indigenous and European perspectives, and examines how it copes with the larger challenges of a globalized world. Through a discussion of religious and philosophical traditions, cultural developments as well as contemporary theatre, films and media, it explores the manner in which India negotiates the trials of globalization. It also focuses upon India’s school and educ ..."
Images of the Body in India South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity by Axel Michaels, ChristophWulf Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2011 by Routledge India ISBN-13: 978-0-415-60230-3, ISBN: 0-415-60230-0
"This intriguing book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors go on to show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian culture would be misleading. Divided into three parts, the book examines the considerable and often conflicting variations in body images ..."
Ritual and Identity The Staging and Performing of Rituals in the Lives of Young People (Ethnography and Education) by Birgit Aithans, Kathrin Audehm, ChristophWulf Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2010 by The Tufnell Press ISBN-13: 978-1-872767-13-0, ISBN: 1-872767-13-3
"Rituals play a central role in the development of individual and collective identity. This is particularly true for young people, who are tractable to a great extent. Rituals are productive. While they were previously made a subject of discussion under the aspects of stereotyping, rigidity and violence, this examination concentrates on productive moments of rituals that contribute to making and forming the identity of communities and i ..."
"Looking Back on the End of the World raises provocative questions about the possibilities of critical knowledge in social systems that seem to have "surpassed history."First published in 1989, Looking Back on the End of the World raises provocative questions about the possibilities of critical knowledge in social systems that seem to have "surpassed history." Unlike recent works that make history end with the consumer, or project the co ..."
"Global Youth in Digital Trajectories explores the most recent developments regarding youth and media in a global perspective. Representing an innovative contribution to virtual research methods, this book presents research carried out in areas as diverse as Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Russia, and India. The volume examines which new anthropological, and cultural-historical conditions and changes arise in connection with th ..."
"Originally published in German, Christoph Wulf s "Anthropology" sets its sights on a topic as ambitious as its title suggests: anthropology itself. Arguing for an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to anthropology that incorporates science, philosophy, history, and many other disciplines, Wulf examines with breathtaking scope all the ways that anthropology has been understood and practiced around the globe and through the year ..."
"This volume develops a unique framework to understand India through indigenous and European perspectives, and examines how it copes with the larger challenges of a globalized world. Through a discussion of religious and philosophical traditions, cultural developments as well as contemporary theatre, films and media, it explores the manner in which India negotiates the trials of globalization. It also focuses upon India’s school and educ ..."
Images of the Body in India(1st Edition) South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity by Axel Michaels, ChristophWulf Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-66284-1, ISBN: 1-138-66284-4
"This intriguing book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors go on to show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian culture would be misleading. Divided into three parts, the book examines the considerable and often conflicting variations in body images a ..."
Human Beings and their Images Imagination; Mimesis; Performativity by ChristophWulf Hardcover, Published 2022 by Bloomsbury 3Pl ISBN-13: 978-1-350-26513-4, ISBN: 1-350-26513-6
"This book studies learning as a social enterprise, contextually situated, organized and assessed. It gives a broad theoretic grounding for an understanding of learning which goes beyond a common reductionist approach."
"I was later told, rather nonchalantly, that he was 'Khan Sahib', an old
acquaintance who was visiting to see if he could be of ... Arabic-speaking
Muslims tend to favour ruqya alone and accuse South Asian Muslims of having
poor knowledge of ..."
"... a clear positioning and reflection of artist and intellectual agents in response to
their location therein (Filipovic, van Hal, ... of six members of a jury/ selection
committee11 selected from across South Asia, there now is Philippe Van
Cauteren, ..."
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without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A
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Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kontopodis, Michalis, editor. |
Varvantakis, Christos, editor. | Wulf, Christoph, 1944– editor. Title: Global youth in
digital trajectories / [edit ..."
Exploring the Senses South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity by Axel Michaels, ChristophWulf 350 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-34210-6, ISBN: 1-317-34210-0
"If these contexts are ignored, the cultural and historical particulars cannot be
adequately understood. The essays in this volume make it clear that, in the
history of India and Europe, complex historical-cultural concepts were developed
that differed fundamentally from the ideas that are considered valid today under
the influence of the neurosciences and behavioral sciences. These modern ideas
have emerged on the basis of an Axel ..."
"do not have the rights to lead our lives ̄. ®We. need to take the control of our
lives in our hands ̄. As in a song of Greek singer Vasilis Papakonstantinou: ®I«
m. afraid for all these things that will be done for me without me ̄. Young people
«s ..."
"... body as spatial frame of reference, not that of the viewer's perspective on the
photo! 19 Burgess (1882, Plate 11; 1887, Plate XLIX No. 3). 20 Shivaramurti (
1942). 21 Edwards (2007:49). 22 For detailed studies of visual discourses on
India see Pinney (2008); Karlekar (2005); for the use of photography in
archaeology see Banta and Hissley (1986: 72–99). ... Hope, Laurence (2001):
India's Love Lyrics. Including the Garden of Kama ..."
"beliefs defines social anthropology. However, the sociocultural thinking of
Northeast India remains silent in mainstream academic texts. There is a fair
amount of absence regarding the existing social realities of Northeast India in
mainstream academia and institutions of higher learning. Northeast Indian issues
are not discussed in academia, reported on by mainstream Indian media, or
examined in scholarly journals. This failure to ..."