{"product_id":"progress-in-the-balance-daniel-r-reichman-9781501770432","title":"Progress in the Balance: Mythologies of Development in Santos, Brazil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough a historical ethnography of Santos, Brazil, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProgress in the Balance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e addresses and assesses an anthropological theory of progress.\u003c\/b\u003e Observing that anthropology is a progressive discipline with a pessimistic attitude towards progress, Daniel Reichman explains the contested meanings of progress in Brazil and explores how anthropologists and others can define this concept more generally. He investigates how any society can separate \"progress\" from plain old change and, if change is constantly happening all around us, how and why certain events get lifted out of a normal timeframe and into a mythic narrative of progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter outlines a particular episode in the history of Santos, a city undergoing an unprecedented period of economic and political turmoil, as it is represented in public culture, mainly through museums, monuments, art, and public events. Drawing on the anthropology of myth, Reichman proposes a model that he refers to as a \"clash of timescapes.\"\u003ci\u003e Progress in the Balance \u003c\/i\u003eshows how this concept of \"progress\" requires a different temporal structure that separates sacralized social change from mundane historical events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel R. Reichman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501770438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501770432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Daniel R. Reichman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181483192575,"sku":"9781501770432","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8e18448-cf8f-4055-8f5c-9ac01c4fd6db.jpg?v=1690260696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/progress-in-the-balance-daniel-r-reichman-9781501770432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}