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State, corruption, postcoloniality: A conversation with Akhil Gupta on the 20th anniversary of “Blurred Boundaries”
No full text"Blurred Boundaries: The Discourse of Corruption, the Culture of Politics, and the Imagined State," by Akhil Gupta, first appeared in print in 1995 in the pages of American Ethnologist. It went on to become one of the most important and influential articles of recent decades. We talked with Akhil Gupta about how the argument put forward in "Blurred Boundaries" came to be. Our conversation touched on the background of the article and the difficulties in getting it published; the relationship of the article to postcolonial scholarship, subaltern studies, feminist studies, and the then emerging literature on globalization; its relationship with other theorists of the state through themes such as Eurocentrism, reification, fantasy, fetishism, and the role of culture in the analysis of the state; and future directions in research on the state, among them, examining emotion and affect, studying the most powerful bureaucracies in nation-states, and developing the emergent literature on corruption
I Was Addicted to Sex With Married Women
No full textAs a young man, Akhil Sharma revelled in the most dangerous of liaisons, having sex with other men's wives – until the thrill began to pall
Red Tape: Akhil Gupta on bureaucracy and poverty in India
No full textSpeaking at LSE on June 11, UCLA’s Professor Gupta theorised the role of bureaucratic procedures in perpetuating chronic poverty across India
Recollections of a Hindu Hedonist
No full textNovelist Akhil Sharma grew up in a teetotaling Indian household. Here, he tells how discovering a passion for great wine helped him create a new identity out of a painful past
Maldives Resorts: Eco-Friendly Vacations
No full textLuxurious, exclusive and remote, the Maldives are the ultimate beach escape. They’re also a case study in the risks of global warming. Writer Akhil Sharma visits the country’s most eco-friendly resorts and discovers a remarkable cuisine worth protecting
Akhil Gupta, Red Tape. Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India, Durham 2012
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Akhil Gupta, Red Tape. Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India, Durham 201
Tony papierów, tomy analiz. O biedzie, urzędnikach i biurokracji w Indiach (Akhil Gupta, Red Tape. Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India, Durham 2012)
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Akhil Gupta, Red Tape. Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India, Durham 2012Review:
Akhil Gupta, Red Tape. Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India, Durham 201
Akhil Gupta, Postcolonial Developments. Agriculture in the Making of Modern India
No full textLandy Frédéric. Akhil Gupta, Postcolonial Developments. Agriculture in the Making of Modern India. In: L'Homme, 1999, tome 39 n°152. Esclaves et « sauvages ». pp. 252-254
Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India. Akhil Gupta. 2012. Durham: Duke University Press. 368 pp.
No full textLa antropología del estado desde Akhil Gupta: a propósito de Red Tape. Burocracia, violencia estructural y pobreza en India.nul
Akhil Gupta & James Ferguson, eds, Anthropological Locations. Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science
No full textAssayag Jackie. Akhil Gupta & James Ferguson, eds, Anthropological Locations. Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science. In: L'Homme, 1999, tome 39 n°150. De la différence et de l'exlcusion. pp. 253-256
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