Books by Ruben Andersson
Ruben Andersson is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford and the holder of a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship on global security. His previous books include Illegality, Inc., No Go World and (with David Keen) Wreckonomics. He has written for the Guardian, Observer, Foreign Policy, Financial Times and El País.
Interviews with Ruben Andersson
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Flexible Bodies: Tracking Immunity in American Culture from the Days of Polio to the Age of AIDS
by Emily Martin -
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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
by Mary Douglas -
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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
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The Anti-Politics Machine: Development, Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho
by James Ferguson -
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The Incarcerations: BK16 and the Search for Democracy in India
by Alpa Shah
The best books on Anthropology, recommended by Ruben Andersson
The best books on Anthropology, recommended by Ruben Andersson
Anthropologists look for cultural and political currents reflected in everyday behaviours, says Ruben Andersson, the Oxford academic and author of a new book about the contemporary obsession with self-protection, Age of Security. Here, he recommends five anthropology books that have influenced his work and writing—and reflects on the difficulties of recognising patterns in our own thinking.
