The Social Production of Indifference

by Michael Herzfeld

Book Overview

Herzfeld argues that "modern" bureaucratically regulated societies are no more "rational" or less "symbolic" than the societies traditionally studied by anthropologists. He suggests that we cannot understand national bureaucracies divorced from local-level ideas about chance, personal character, social relationships and responsibility.

"Herzfeld's book is extremely ambitious and will be of interest to any anthropologist concerned with the study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226329089
• ISBN13: 9780226329086
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"