Modernity of this century: Four ethnographic perspectives

• Main Authors: HARMS, Erik, JOBSON, Ryan, MERRIFIELD, Caroline, RANDLE, Sarah Priscilla
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Anthropology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/118
• Institution: Singapore Management University

From an anthropological perspective, ‘modernity’ appears at once conceptually straightforward and theoretically elusive. Scholars seem to know it when they see it, yet specific definitions and approaches to the study of modernity rarely seem complementary. Some scholars, especially those steeped in...