Mona Bhan: 2 books
Climate without Nature
A Critical Anthropology of the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
This book offers a critical reading of the Anthropocene that draws on archaeological, ecological, geological, and ethnographic evidence to argue that the concept reproduces the modernist binary between society and nature, and forecloses a more inclusive politics around climate change. The authors...
Counterinsurgency, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity in India
From Warfare to Welfare?
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
The rhetoric of armed social welfare has become prominent in military and counterinsurgency circuits with profound consequences for the meanings of democracy, citizenship, and humanitarianism in conflict zones. By focusing on the border district of Kargil, the site of India and Pakistan’s fourth...