Laura Nader documents decades of letters written, received, and archived by esteemed author and anthropologist Laura Nader. She revisits her correspondence with academic colleagues, lawyers, politicians, military officers, and many others, all with unique and insightful perspectives on a variety of social and political issues. She uses personal and professional correspondence as a way of examining complex issues and dialogues that might not be ava...

In Culture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and ethnographic roots of the complex relationship between the East and the West, revealing how cultural differences can lead to violence or a more peaceful co-existence.Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples—especially the critical intercultural dialogues between th...

Analyzing the workings of boundary maintenance in the areas of anthropology, energy, gender, and law, Nader contrasts dominant trends in academia with work that pushes the boundaries of acceptable methods and theories. Although the selections illustrate the history of one anthropologist’s work over half a century, the wider intent is to label a field as contrarian to reveal unwritten rules that sometimes hinder transformative thinking and to stimulate boundary crossing in others.

El Estado de Derecho ha sido considerado por mucho tiempo en Estados Unidos como el último defensor de la libertad civil y del estilo de vida americano —un Estado de Derecho que nadie puede definir a ciencia cierta, pero que todos respaldan—. En este incitante libro, Ugo Mattei y Laura Nader entablan un ataque frontal a esta preciada creencia en la santidad del Estado de Derecho, explorando resueltamente ese lado oscuro al que antes pocos atendieron. Los autores exponen la íntima relación ...

Il regime di legalità (rule of law), celebrato come quintessenza della civiltà, viene sistematicamente utilizzato per legittimare la dominazione del più potente nei confronti del più debole, e si trasforma in una vera e propria legge del più forte. Un progetto di dominazione avvolto nella retorica della legalità non può che portare a una poderosa costruzione di egemonia, persuadendo le vittime della benevolenza dei predoni.

Naked Science is about contested domains and includes different science cultures: physics, molecular biology, primatology, immunology, ecology, medical environmental, mathematical and navigational domains. While the volume rests on the assumption that science is not autonomous, the book is distinguished by its global perspective. Examining knowledge systems within a planetary frame forces thinking about boundaries that silence or affect knowledge-building. Conside...