{"product_id":"the-future-as-cultural-fact-arjun-appadurai-9781844679829","title":"The Future as Cultural Fact: Essays on the Global Condition","description":"This major collection of essays, a sequel to \u003ci\u003eModernity at Large\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear of Small Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e, is the product of ten years' research and writing, constituting an important contribution to globalization studies. Appadurai takes a broad analytical look at the genealogies of the present era of globalization through essays on violence, commodification, nationalism, terror and materiality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside a discussion of these wider debates, Appadurai situates India at the heart of his work, offering writing based on firsthand research among urban slum dwellers in Mumbai, in which he examines their struggle to achieve equity, recognition and self-governance in conditions of extreme inequality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, in his work on design, planning, finance and poverty, Appadurai embraces the \"politics of hope\" and lays the foundations for a revitalized, and urgent, anthropology of the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arjun Appadurai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844679829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844679829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Arjun Appadurai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047904538879,"sku":"9781844679829","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b915567a-5913-4ecb-ba1f-38c3ba95e91c.jpg?v=1684992817","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-future-as-cultural-fact-arjun-appadurai-9781844679829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}