Theory from the South

As nation-states in the Northern Hemisphere experience economic crisis political corruption and racial tension it seems as though they might be 'evolving' into the kind of societies normally associated with the 'Global South'. Anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff draw on their long experience of living in Africa to address a range of familiar themes - democracy national borders labour and capital and multiculturalism. They consider how we might understand these issues by using theory developed in the Global South. Challenging our ideas about 'developed' and 'developing' nations Theory from the South provides new insights into key problems of our time.