Uneven and combined development in anthropology

Sharryn Kasmir, Jaume Franquesa, Lesley Gill, Winnie Lem and Gavin Smith
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Sharryn Kasmir: Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
Jaume Franquesa: SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Lesley Gill: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Winnie Lem: Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Gavin Smith: University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Environment and Planning A, 2024, vol. 56, issue 4, 1329-1334

Abstract: In this brief essay, we suggest that contemporary efforts at reworking Leon Trotsky’s theory of uneven and combined development (UCD) are enriched by an historical ethnographic lens focused on “real people doing real things,†which grounds and de-fetishizes the abstractions of capitalist development. We sketch three ways to develop UCD to better apprehend contemporary capitalism: tracing the effects of unevenness and combination within social formations; pointing to the ways those processes fracture historical consciousness; and underscoring the political implications for dividing populations and for creating novel combinations of people and socio-political experience.

Keywords: Uneven and combined development; capitalism; class; politics; ethnography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231189385

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