ArjunAppadurai.org: Welcome To ArjunAppadurai.Org
Tweet Arjun Appadurai Welcome to ArjunAppadurai.Org, a site I am dedicating to create a global classroom so to speak by hosting dialog and debate on questions I find particularly stimulating and...
View ArticleArjunAppadurai.org: Welcome to the Faith-Based Economy
Tweet Image via Wikipedia From October 15, 2008 posted at “The Immanent Frame” at the SSCR: Last week as I listened, along with many other Americans and others around the world, to President Bush’s...
View ArticleArjunAppadurai.org: The Magic Ballot
Tweet Image via Wikipedia Reposted from November 7, 2008 at “The Immanent Frame” at the SSCR: Something extraordinary happened on November 4. And even those who did not vote for Barack Obama knew that...
View ArticleArjunAppadurai.org: The Ecology of Anger
Tweet Image by circulating via Flickr The Arizona shootings are a moment for America to search its soul. The public debate about hate, anger, sanity and public life in the United States is long...
View ArticleArjunAppadurai.org: Palin &“Blood Libel”
Tweet Image via Wikipedia I first saw the term “Blood Libel” used in a Wall Street Journal editorial, an early entry in the “it’s-not-our-fault=don’t blame us” response from the American Right to the...
View ArticleArjunAppadurai.org: “Narendra Modi & The Trains Are On-Time Again!”
Tweet Image by World Economic Forum via Flickr This morning’s Wall Street Journal has a long feature on the Indian State of Gujarat, which is essentially a PR piece for Narendra Modi, the Chief...
View ArticleArjunAppadurai.org: The Charisma Deficit
Tweet Hosni Mubarak The Charisma Deficit One mystery of the current stand-off in Egypt is the absence of a clear charismatic alternative to Hosni Mubarak. This deficit seems to be the case in much of...
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