Presents a conceptual and historical map of how we think about the socio-political world, and how we think politically about human cultural differences. This work interprets, criticizes and frames responses…

Examines the ways the emergence of an internationally recognized identity - ‘indigenous people - intersects with another relatively recent international movement - the development of universal human rights laws and…

This volume assembles in one place the work of scholars who are making key contributions to the anthropological approach to the UN, other global organizations and international law more broadly…