Modern Dharma : seeking family well-being in middle-class Nepal / Paola Tiné.
| Author/creator | Tiné, Paola author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | pages ; cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Laying the groundwork for globalization -- Fighting protectionism at home, building factories abroad -- Solving the Bretton Woods problem -- From anti-globalization to deregulation -- International labor pushes back -- Free-market dreams come true : from NAFTA to the WTO. |
| Contents | Brechas en educaci̤n -- Imaginar y pensar la educaci̤n desde la innovaci̤n y la technolog̕a -- La autonom̕a y el mejoramiento de la califad educativa -- Calidad docente -- Financiaci̤n de la educaci̤n en Colombia -- Hoy lo importante es urgente -- Formaci̤n posmedia en Colombia. |
| Contents | Peuple souverain : populisme, radicaliť, catastrophe -- Douze lėons sur le fascisme -- Les collaborateurs 1940-145 -- L'anarchisme de droite : essai sur une iďologie sans doctrine -- Du bon usage des catastrophes: six petits textes. |
| Contents | Creating a republican moral order : the invention of civic theology -- In through the ears : a medical anthropology of speech -- Sins of the tongue : pastoral theology in the res publica -- Illicit speech in legal theory and practice : verbal violence in loci sacrati -- Transcribing the weaponry of words -- The "mere words" of blasphemy : verbal violence and realism in early Italian literature. |
| Subject | "Modern Dharma asks how Nepalese people live dharma, an ethical, good life, in a rapidly-evolving society. In the aftermath of a decade-long civil war that raged between 1996 and 2006, social change accelerated in Nepal as the shift to a market economy and the spread of education and media built the foundation for a new middle class to form. As it did, tension between expressing individual will and the expectation to submit to traditional social hierarchies built. Today, people in Nepal are confronted by the need to restructure moral codes and to care for their families, while at the same time, they face intense pressure to keep up with the cost of education and to find work in an increasingly competitive labor market. Amidst these changes, people make often describe their choices as falling under the broader goal of pursuing well-being. Modern Dharma investigates how and why - amidst often conflicting priorities - people make choices in pursuit of well-being. Anthropologist Paola Tiné investigates why many large families separate into smaller nuclei, while others maintain intra-generational homes. She asks why and how young people seek the support of their friends, while often hiding private desires from their parents. And she investigates the ways that marriage choices and friendship relationships help people navigate the ongoing tangible difficulties engendered by socio-economic change. By delving into the intricacies of domestic lives amongst a growing middle class, Modern Dharma works to center the household and kinship relationships as the places where broader global transitions are reflected, resisted, and negotiated. Providing a new perspective on moral personhood in South Asia, this book ultimately sheds new light on the centrality of kinship relationships in initiating and shaping social change"--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | tracts (literary genre) |
| Genre/form | Ethnographies. |
| Genre/form | Tracts (Ephemera) |
| Genre/form | Motion picture reviews. |
| Genre/form | Comptes rendus de films. |
| Genre/form | Tracts. |
| Genre/form | Études ethnographiques. |
| LCCN | 2024032648 |
| ISBN | 9781512827330 |
| ISBN | 9781512827323 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1512827320 |
| ISBN | 1512827339 |