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James Ferguson (born June 16, 1959) is an American
anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and v ...
. He is known for his work on the politics and anthropology of
international development International development or global development is a broad concept denoting the idea that societies and countries have differing levels of economic or human development on an international scale. It is the basis for international classifications ...
, specifically his critical stance ( development criticism). He was chair of the Anthropology Department at Stanford University. His best-known work is his book, ''
The Anti-Politics Machine ''The Anti-Politics Machine'' is book by James Ferguson, originally published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press. The 1994 edition is available from the University of Minnesota Press. This book is a critique of the concept of "development" ...
''. He delivered the most prestigious lecture in anthropology, the Morgan Lecture, in 2009, for his work on
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. He earned his
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in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an
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and
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in social anthropology from Harvard University.


Selected publications

*2015, ''Give a Man a Fish''. Duke University Press *2010, ''The Uses of Neoliberalism''. Antipode, volume 41, supplement 1, 2010. *2006, ''Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order'', Duke University Press. *1999, ''Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt'', University of California Press. *1997, Editor, ''Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science'' (with Akhil Gupta), Univ. of California Press. *1997, Editor, ''Culture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology'' (with Akhil Gupta), Duke University Press. *1990, ''
The Anti-Politics Machine ''The Anti-Politics Machine'' is book by James Ferguson, originally published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press. The 1994 edition is available from the University of Minnesota Press. This book is a critique of the concept of "development" ...
: 'Development,' Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho'', Cambridge University Press. Republished in 1994 by University of Minnesota Press.


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Ferguson's faculty profile at Stanford
by 'Theory Talks' Living people Stanford University Department of Anthropology faculty University of California, Santa Barbara alumni Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni 1959 births {{US-anthropologist-stub