Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Mahajan, Nidhi, Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean. 262 pp. 2025:6 (U. California Pr., US) <740-846>
ISBN 978-0-520-41351-1 paper ¥7,650.- (税込) US$ 34.95

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Moorings follows sailors from the Gulf of Kachchh in India as they voyage across the ocean on mechanized wooden sailing vessels known as vahans, or dhows. These voyages produce capital through moorings that are spatial, moral, material, and conceptual. With a view from the dhow, the book examines the social worlds of Muslim seafarers who have been rendered invisible even as they maneuver multiple regulatory regimes and the exigencies of life, navigating colonialism, neoliberalism, the rise of Hindutva, insurgency, climate change, and border regimes across the Indian Ocean. Based on historical and ethnographic research aboard ships, at ports and religious shrines, and in homes, Moorings shows how capitalism derives value from historically sedimented practices grounded in caste, gender, and transregional community-based forms of regulation.

Blazquez, Adele, Dawn Rose on a Dead Body: Armed Violence and Poppy Farming in Mexico. Tr. by H. W. Randolph. (California Series in Public Anthropology) 328 pp. 2025:3 (U. California Pr., US) <740-917>
ISBN 978-0-520-40525-7 hard ¥20,795.- (税込) US$ 95.00 *
ISBN 978-0-520-40526-4 paper ¥6,556.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

Featured prominently in the Netflix series Narcos, Badiraguato is known as the birthplace of Mexico's most notorious criminals, from Caro Quintero to "El Chapo." But in this rural community in the Sinaloa sierra, what is the daily life of those invisible in the criminal fresco, who live in this jobless region, grow a tiny patch of poppies, run a grocery store, or hold a position in the local government? Who are the poppy farmers, caught between military repression and exploitation by those who buy their crops? What does it mean to be a woman in a place where men's violence looms? How can people make sense of the killings that punctuate daily life? This sensitive ethnography lifts the veil on a marginalized territory that is the downside of our globalized economy; an ethnography that confronts us with the uncertainty that reigns when, once again, "Dawn rose on a dead body."

Jacobs, Lara A. (ed.), Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge. 464 pp. 2025:3 (Oregon State U. Pr., US) <740-950>
ISBN 978-1-962645-32-4 paper ¥8,745.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Protevi, John, Regimes of Violence: Toward a Political Anthropology. 256 pp. 2025:3 (U. Minnesota Pr., US) <740-724>
ISBN 978-1-5179-1874-3 hard ¥24,516.- (税込) US$ 112.00
ISBN 978-1-5179-1875-0 paper ¥6,129.- (税込) US$ 28.00

A wide-ranging examination of the roots-and possible future-of violence in human societies Is aggression inevitable among humans? In Regimes of Violence, John Protevi explores how human violence originates and exists in our societies. Taking humans as biocultural (that is, our social practices shape our bodies and minds), he shows how aggression does not arrive from any purely biological predisposition but rather occurs only in social regimes of violence that, by manipulating the ways in which culture can shape our biological inheritance of rage and aggression, condition the forms of violence able to be expressed at any one time. Offering detailed insights into human aggression throughout history, Protevi's analysis ranges from evolutionary psychology to affective ideology and finally to an alternate politics of joy. He examines a wide range of seemingly disparate topics, such as cooperation between early nomadic foragers, organized sports, berserkers and blackout rages, the experiences of maroons escaping slavery, the January 6 invasion of the United States Capitol building, and responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. As he entwines the philosophical with the anthropological, he asks readers to consider why humans' capacity for cooperation and sharing is so persistently overlooked by stories that focus on aggression and warfare. Regimes of Violence is an important contribution to studies of Deleuze and Guattari, uniquely combining cutting-edge investigations in psychology, history, evolutionary theory, cultural anthropology, and philosophy to examine the "political philosophy of the mind." Presenting to readers a refreshingly optimistic perspective, Protevi demonstrates that we are not doomed to war and argues that humans can build a world based on antifascism, joy, and mutual empowerment.

Jerne, Christina, Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism. 248 pp. 2025:7 (U. Minnesota Pr., US) <740-208>
ISBN 978-1-5179-1605-3 hard ¥23,641.- (税込) US$ 108.00
ISBN 978-1-5179-1606-0 paper ¥5,910.- (税込) US$ 27.00

Defying the mafia with everyday acts of resistance For more than 150 years, Italy has been home to a resilient and evolving resistance against the pervasive influence of mafias. While these criminal organizations are renowned for their vast international business enterprises, the collective actions taken to oppose them are less known. In Opposition by Imitation, Christina Jerne explores anti-mafia activism, revealing how ordinary people resist, counter, and prevent criminal economies from proliferating. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among anti-mafia alliances in Campania, Sicily, and elsewhere, Jerne details a particular aspect of mafia activities: providing cash relief and other forms of patronage to individuals and groups. Her research shows how activism has evolved to imitate this sustaining role. Activists are increasingly challenging mafia control both by creating alternative economies-from producing food that interrupts mafia labor practices to organizing tourism that supports anti-mafia hospitality-and by subversively adopting business tactics similar to the mafia's to compete with their social influence and legitimacy. Exposing the political implications of this mimetic opposition, Jerne points to its potential impact on crime prevention and criminalization, both in Italy and globally. Opposition by Imitation shows how these modern-day Robin Hoods are redefining collective action, taking what was controlled by the mafias and returning it to the collective. This contentious economic turn, against the backdrop of broader social movements, reveals significant political possibilities afforded by imitative opposition. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.

Finnegan, Ruth, The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre. 274 pp. 2025:5 (Routledge, UK) <740-1016>
ISBN 978-1-032-80216-9 hard ¥40,353.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-79904-9 paper ¥11,128.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre is a thought-provoking exploration of the everyday tools of communication that weaves together history, art, and science to reveal how the voice, hand, and mind shape our shared experiences.Through a blend of scholarly research, personal insights, and field experiences-from the oral tales of Sierra Leone's Limba storytellers to ancient cave art and modern iconography-this book offers fresh perspectives on how we connect across time and cultures. Challenging the idea that spoken language alone defines humanity, it emphasises the crucial role of hands, gestures, and artistic forms as the foundation of human communication. Readers are invited to consider the possibility of an ancestral, shared consciousness and the mysterious similarities in ancient art worldwide. Through vivid examples and personal insights, the book redefines communication as a blend of conscious expression and subconscious influence, inviting readers to consider the hidden connections that unite us across cultures and time, and to contemplate the future of communication.The Strange Tools of Human Communication is an ideal supplement to upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in cultural anthropology, sociocultural linguistics, and cultural studies.

Wood, Barbara, Heritage, Authority and Power: Understanding Theory Through Practice. (Routledge Studies in Heritage) 248 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <740-1098>
ISBN 978-1-032-69043-8 hard ¥40,353.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Heritage, Authority and Power examines who holds power and authority in heritage, the connection with specialist knowledge, and what the shifting nature of these attributes means for concepts of authenticity.Drawing on interviews with practitioners working across the heritage sector, Wood explores why in some organisations staff feel disempowered, but in others they thrive. In exploring the worked experience of practitioners, a new model emerges for understanding the sector that recognises the differences between the activity of heritage and the work of professional practice. The model demonstrates that the sector is unknowingly operating with two different purposes: the activity of heritage, generated by and from, the collections of the past, is inventive, creative and entertaining, but operates for contemporary need and interest. The work of professional practice, meanwhile, although supporting and enabling the work of heritage, is fundamentally concerned with long-term collection development and conservation. In recognising and embracing these differences, the function of specialist practice in relation to curatorship can be appreciated, but so too can the contribution of supporting specialisms, such as education, outreach, community engagement and design. The model presented within the book subsequently offers a more efficient and effective, forward-looking way to think about funding, organising and managing these two areas separately - but also in active partnership.Heritage, Authority and Power is situated in the space between academia and practice and is useful for students, practitioners, and for anyone interested, managing or working in heritage. It will be particularly relevant to academics and students engaged in the study of heritage, museums, tourism and visitor experience, and public history.

Aveni, Anthony, Aliens Like Us?: An Anthropologist's Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life. 272 pp. 2025:3 (High Road Books, US) <740-1121>
ISBN 978-0-8263-6742-6 hard ¥6,118.- (税込) US$ 27.95

Hanks, Michele, Doubting Ghosts: Paranormal Investigation and the Paradoxes of Belief. 216 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <740-1124>
ISBN 978-1-032-73452-1 hard ¥40,353.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-65578-9 paper ¥11,128.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Based on Ethnographic research in England, Doubting Ghosts explores the paradoxes faced by paranormal investigators or 'ghost hunters': in spite of spending significant time observing and documenting what they suspect to be paranormal phenomena - in a scientific, secular and rational fashion - many paranormal investigators remain skeptical about the existence of the paranormal. What, then, does it mean to regularly see ghosts and yet to not believe ghosts are real?Examining the manner in which the scientific approach adopted by investigators produces profound doubts about the existence of the paranormal, the meaning of science, and the nature of modernity, the author demonstrates that doubt itself is central to experiences of secularity and that doubt can constitute a foundation for long-term engagements with the paranormal. Thus, paranormal investigators are able to sustain a relationship, albeit an uneasy one, with the paranormal while maintaining a commitment to a scientific, secular, and rational worldview.A contribution to understandings of doubt, science, religion, and disenchantment, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology and anthropology.

Herva, Vesa-Pekka / Lahelma, Antti, Weirding Civilization: The Strange Foundations of the Modern World. 376 pp. 2025:5 (Routledge, UK) <740-1125>
ISBN 978-1-032-94118-9 hard ¥40,353.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-94116-5 paper ¥11,128.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Weirding Civilization examines the irrational foundations of civilization, from the Bronze Age to the Anthropocene. Inspired by Twin Peaks and Lovecraftian horror, it reveals how weirdness - disorienting, monstrous, and ambivalent - has shaped human society since the rise of the first complex civilizations.Taking 'weirding' as its conceptual lens, the book examines hallmarks of civilization such as urbanism, money, and writing, uncovering their layered and often non-rational nature. While the concept of weirding has gained traction across disciplines, from literature studies to climate science, this book applies it systematically to early civilizations for the first time. Weirdness emerges as ruptures in experienced reality, arising from the complex interplay between humans and non-humans. The book explores how civilization has unfolded in relation to hidden, invisible, and unknown dimensions of reality. Accessible and thought-provoking, it broadens conceptual horizons, offering fresh insights into the past and present while inviting readers to embrace that which resists categorization. With a primary focus on Europe and the Near East, it also addresses global questions of modernity, technology, and cultural imagination.This book is essential for archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians studying complex societies, as well as for readers fascinated by unconventional approaches to history and civilization. It appeals to anyone seeking to disrupt conventional understandings of humanity's development.

Lucas, Gavin / Lee Dawdy, Shannon (eds.), Undoing Things: How Objects, Bodies and Worlds Come Apart. (Archaeological Orientations) 464 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <740-1128>
ISBN 978-1-032-06417-8 hard ¥40,353.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-06182-5 paper ¥11,128.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Undoing Things explores all the ways in which things become undone, be they objects, bodies, places, or worlds.Although archaeologists have long attended to the productive dimensions of materiality and material culture as a coherent phenomenon - making objects, building things, constructing identities - the discourse around undoing is more fragmented. Topics such as ruination, death, decay, demolition, and collapse are usually examined separately. Undoing Things asks what connections or continuities can be discerned in a diverse range of practices, both intentional and taphonomic, both destructive and healing. Is there a creative component to undoing ? How visible are different processes of undoing? How is time implicated? Is undoing reversible? Who has the power to undo and when is undoing empowering? What does it take to undo knowledge? These and other questions are examined through archaeological studies ranging from classical Maya and colonial Caribbean examples to present-day Liberia to historical and ethnographic approaches to present-day Argentina and the contemporary art world.In the first quarter of the twenty-first century, human worlds have experienced a series of ruptures from climate-related disasters, political violence, and the Covid-19 pandemic. Undoing Things helps move us beyond a cloud of chaos with a deeper understanding of how and why things fall apart and is vital reading for archaeologists and those in related disciplines.

M.Q.Sutton著　人間社会－入門
Sutton, Mark Q., Human Societies: A Brief Introduction. 276 pp. 2025:5 (Routledge, UK) <740-1131>
ISBN 978-1-032-91087-1 hard ¥40,353.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-91086-4 paper ¥11,128.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Human Societies: A Brief Introduction succinctly covers the basic concepts of Cultural Anthropology in a way that is relevant and engaging to the introductory student. Less time is spent on anthropological detail and more time on the relevance of anthropological understanding to the contemporary world.The issues facing the contemporary Western world are also faced by the thousands of other societies. The book deals with topics such as the variety of sexualities, the thousands of religions, how people adapt to their environments, the ways people organize themselves, the multitude of foods and cuisines, adaptations to climate change, refugees and migrants, and the many different approaches to reproduction; all topics to which students should already be generally aware. Included are succinct chapters discussing personality, adaptation, social, political, and economic organization, food and diet, sex and gender, religion and ritual, and change and development. The book also includes short "Spotlight" boxes that enlighten the reader about specific topics of interest, as well as chapter summaries, exercises, key terms, and a comprehensive glossary.Human Societies: A Brief Introduction is essential reading for undergraduate students making their first steps into Cultural and Applied Anthropology.

民族誌の基礎
Wardell, Susan, Ethnography: The Basics. (The Basics) 244 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <740-1132>
ISBN 978-1-032-51311-9 hard ¥36,179.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-032-52012-4 paper ¥5,284.- (税込) GB￡ 18.99

Ethnography: The Basics introduces a broad and beginner audience to ethnography, as a research methodology with diverse applications. By using everyday language, and developing a warm and inclusive tone, the book provides an accessible entry point to the topic.In both tone and content, the book provides a picture of the practice of ethnography that is both human and humane; tackling some of the practical barriers, ethical complexities, and lived experiences, in an honest and straightforward way. Organised into eight chapters, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the unique purpose, value, and scope of ethnography and provides a practical guide as to what the practice of ethnography involves, such as: steps for designing research, gathering data, analysing and presenting findings.Without relying on assumed familiarity with, or interest in, discipline-specific histories and frameworks, Ethnography: The Basics combines clear structure, plain language, and thoughtfully selected examples and stories, to welcome students into this interesting and valuable subject. The book will also be of great interest to academics and professionals who wish to supplement their ethnographic knowledge.