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Siege of the Spirits

- Community and Polity in Bangkok
Af: Michael Herzfeld Engelsk Paperback

Siege of the Spirits

- Community and Polity in Bangkok
Af: Michael Herzfeld Engelsk Paperback
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What happens when three hundred alleged squatters go head-to-head with an enormous city government looking to develop the place where they live? As anthropologist Michael Herzfeld shows in this book, the answer can be surprising. He tells the story of Pom Mahakan, a tiny enclave in the heart of old Bangkok whose residents have resisted authorities’ demands to vacate their homes for a quarter of a century. It’s a story of community versus government, of old versus new, and of political will versus the law.             Herzfeld argues that even though the residents of Pom Mahakan have lost every legal battle the city government has dragged them into, they have won every public relations contest, highlighting their struggle as one against bureaucrats who do not respect the age-old values of Thai/Siamese social and cultural order. Such values include compassion for the poor and an understanding of urban space as deeply embedded in social and ritual relations. In a gripping account of their standoff, Herzfeld—who simultaneously argues for the importance of activism in scholarship—traces the agile political tactics and styles of the community’s leadership, using their struggle to illuminate the larger difficulties, tensions, and unresolved debates that continue to roil Thai society to this day. 
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What happens when three hundred alleged squatters go head-to-head with an enormous city government looking to develop the place where they live? As anthropologist Michael Herzfeld shows in this book, the answer can be surprising. He tells the story of Pom Mahakan, a tiny enclave in the heart of old Bangkok whose residents have resisted authorities’ demands to vacate their homes for a quarter of a century. It’s a story of community versus government, of old versus new, and of political will versus the law.             Herzfeld argues that even though the residents of Pom Mahakan have lost every legal battle the city government has dragged them into, they have won every public relations contest, highlighting their struggle as one against bureaucrats who do not respect the age-old values of Thai/Siamese social and cultural order. Such values include compassion for the poor and an understanding of urban space as deeply embedded in social and ritual relations. In a gripping account of their standoff, Herzfeld—who simultaneously argues for the importance of activism in scholarship—traces the agile political tactics and styles of the community’s leadership, using their struggle to illuminate the larger difficulties, tensions, and unresolved debates that continue to roil Thai society to this day. 
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9780226331614
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 022633161X
Kategori: Social- & Kulturantropologi
Udg. Dato: 11 mar 2016
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 154mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 11 mar 2016
Forfatter(e): Michael Herzfeld
Forfatter(e) Michael Herzfeld

Kategori Social- & Kulturantropologi

ISBN-13 9780226331614

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 272

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 154mm

Udg. Dato 11 mar 2016

Oplagsdato 11 mar 2016

Forlag The University of Chicago Press