After the Crisis ─ Anthropological Thought, Neoliberalism and the Aftermath

After the Crisis: Anthropological Thought, Neoliberalism and the Aftermath offers a thought-provoking examination of the state of contemporary anthropology, identifying key issues that have confronted the discipline in recent years and linking them to neoliberalism. The volume explores the effect of the economic crisis on funding and support for higher education, and addresses the sense that anthropology has ‘lost its way’, with uncertainty over the purpose and future of the discipline. Carrier considers how anthropology has come to resemble key elements of neoliberalism and neoclassical economics in rejecting the idea of system in favour of individuals. He also suggests how the discipline can overcome its difficulties and place itself on a firmer foundation.

James G. Carrier is Hon. Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is also Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Indiana, USA and Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany.