Ashley B Lebner
Biographic Data
| ID | 100341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashley B Lebner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashley B |
| FAMILY NAME | Lebner |
| SIGNATURE | LEBNER A B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Anthropology of Secularity beyond Secularism
This article begins by exploring why secular studies may be stagnating in anthropology. Contrary to recent arguments, I maintain that rather than widening the definition of secularism to address this, we should shift our focus, if only slightly. While secularism remains a worthy object, foregrounding it risks tying the field to issues of governance. I therefore suggest avoiding language that privileges it. Moreover, in returning to Talal Asad's '…
A Christian Politics of Friendship on a Brazilian Frontier
This paper explores ethnography of municipal elections, promise-making and miracles to show how Christians problematise both friendship and politics on a settler frontier in Brazilian Amazonia. Bringing these themes together generates new anthropological perspectives on each, while complementing Derrida's critique of Schmitt's friend-enemy distinction - his definition of the political. Yet the main ethnographic point complicates the argument that…
The Anthropology of Secularity beyond Secularism
This article begins by exploring why secular studies may be stagnating in anthropology. Contrary to recent arguments, I maintain that rather than widening the definition of secularism to address this, we should shift our focus, if only slightly. While secularism remains a worthy object, foregrounding it risks tying the field to issues of governance. I therefore suggest avoiding language that privileges it. Moreover, in returning to Talal Asad's '…
A Christian Politics of Friendship on a Brazilian Frontier
This paper explores ethnography of municipal elections, promise-making and miracles to show how Christians problematise both friendship and politics on a settler frontier in Brazilian Amazonia. Bringing these themes together generates new anthropological perspectives on each, while complementing Derrida's critique of Schmitt's friend-enemy distinction - his definition of the political. Yet the main ethnographic point complicates the argument that…
A Christian Politics of Friendship on a Brazilian Frontier
This paper explores ethnography of municipal elections, promise-making and miracles to show how Christians problematise both friendship and politics on a settler frontier in Brazilian Amazonia. Bringing these themes together generates new anthropological perspectives on each, while complementing Derrida's critique of Schmitt's friend-enemy distinction - his definition of the political. Yet the main ethnographic point complicates the argument that…
The Anthropology of Secularity beyond Secularism
This article begins by exploring why secular studies may be stagnating in anthropology. Contrary to recent arguments, I maintain that rather than widening the definition of secularism to address this, we should shift our focus, if only slightly. While secularism remains a worthy object, foregrounding it risks tying the field to issues of governance. I therefore suggest avoiding language that privileges it. Moreover, in returning to Talal Asad's '…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis (1 work) · Christianity (1 work)