At the forefront of anthropology's engagement 
with the humanities and other social sciences 
SOCIAL ANALYSIS 
The International Journal of Cultural 
and Social Practice 
Editor: Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen 
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Social Analysis has long been at the forefront of anthropology's 
engagement with the humanities and other social sciences. 
In forming a critical, concerned, and empirical perspective, this 
journal encourages contributions that break away from the 
disciplinary bounds of anthropology and suggest innovative ways 
of challenging hegemonic paradigms through 'grounded theory,' 
analysis based in original empirical research. 
The journal invites contributions directed toward a critical and 
theoretical understanding of cultural, political, and social processes. 
It is available for the publication of information and discussion by 
active ethnographic researchers into the forces involved in the 
production of human suffering, poverty, prejudice, war, and violence. 
The main thrust of the journal is toward publishing material that 
presents a critical and concerned anthropology. 
RECENT SPECIAL SECTIONS 
The Cultural Politics of Education and Religiosity: Contesting the 
Boundaries of the Secular State, edited by Amy Stambach 
Empowering the Body and Noble Death, edited by Michael Roberts 
and Arthur Saniotis 
Reorienting Sexuality: Lessons from the Study of Sexuality in the 
Middle East and North Africa, edited by Ailon Uhlmann 
Writing Refugee Lives: Urban Ethnographies and Affective 
Communities, edited by Amanda Wise and Greg Gow 
Anthropology, Post-colonialism, and the Museum, edited by Ian 
Fairweather 
RECENT SPECIAL ISSUES 
Psychiatry and Anthropology, edited by Jadran Mimica 
The Manchester School and the Extended Case Method, edited by 
Terence Evens and Don Handelman 
Ritual in Its Own Right: Exploring the Dynamics of Transformation, 
edited by Don Handelman and Galina Lindquist 
RECENT FORUM SECTIONS 
The Global Idea of 'the Commons', edited by Donald M. Nonini 
Identifying with Freedom: Indonesia after Suharto, edited by Tony Day 
Nationalism's Bloody Terrain: Racism, Class Inequality, and the Politics 
of Recognition, edited by George Baca 
Oligarchs and Oligopolies: New Formations of Global Power, 
edited by Bruce Kapferer 
The Retreat of the Social: The Rise and Rise of Reductionism, 
edited by Bruce Kapferer 
State, Sovereignty, War. Civil Violence in Emerging Global Realities, 
edited by Bruce Kapferer 
Expert Knowledge: First World Peoples, Consultancy, and Anthropology, 
edited by Barry Morris 
Corporate Scandal: Global Corporatism against Society, 
edited by John Gledhill 
Globalization: Critical Issues, edited by Allen Chun 
The World Trade Center and Global Crisis: Critical Perspectives, 
edited by Bruce Kapferer 
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