'Freedom' is one of the most fiercely contested words in contemporary global experience. This book provides an up-to-date overview from an anthropological perspective of the diverse ways in which freedom is understood and practised in everyday life, including the emergent relationships between governance, autonomy and liberty. The contributors offer a wealth of ethnographic insight from a variety of geographic, cultural and political contexts. Taken together the essays constitute a radical challenge to assumptions about what freedom means in today's world.

About the Author

Moises Lino e Silva is a Faculty Member at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil

Huon Wardle is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, UK

Book Information
ISBN 9780367873325
Author Moises Lino e Silva
Format Paperback
Page Count 204
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g