Structural contingencies and untimely coincidences in the making of neoliberal India

The Kandla Free Trade Zone, 1965-91

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3865107
AutoresPatrick Neveling (0000-0003-3297-1955, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen48
Número1
Páginas17-43
Fecha de publicación2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaContributions to Indian Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0069-9659 • E-ISSN: 0069-9667
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0069966713502420
OpenAlexW2313771064
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas29

This article introduces the concepts of untimely coincidences of modes of production and structural contingencies in global capitalism to the study of neoliberalism in India and beyond. I argue that these concepts are crucial to revive a historical anthropology, which shows that neoliberalism is one of several possible manifestations of capitalism, past and present. The analytical gain of such a revised view on neoliberalism is then exemplified by a historical-anthropological account of the development of India's first special economic zone, the Kandla Foreign Trade Zone, from 1965 to the late 1980s. Based on these findings, I conclude my plea for conceptual changes in anthropology's approach to periodising national and global histories of neoliberalism

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