Michael Herzfeld

The threat of essence: Reflections on the heritage of racism and the racism of heritage

M Herzfeld

Book Chapter  |  2023

Avoidances and transgressions: agency, religiosity, and moralism in food and politics

Michael Herzfeld

Journal article  |  2021  |  FOOD CULTURE & SOCIETY

Food avoidance is a negotiated and changeable compromise among religious prescriptions, social pressures, and personal predilectio..

Review of Relations: An Anthropological Account

Michael Herzfeld

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Ritual and Ritualism in a Contested Sea: Scalar Distortions of Space and Time

Michael Herzfeld

Book Chapter  |  2021

The ground of mutual understanding between locals and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea emerges through the performance of ritual ..

The social production of indifference: Exploring the symbolic roots of Western bureaucracy

M Herzfeld

Book  |  2021

In this fascinating book, Michael Herzfeld argues that 'modern' bureaucratically regulated societies are no more 'rational' or les..

The taming of revolution: Intense paradoxes of the self

Michael Herzfeld

Book Chapter  |  2021

The nation-state is often situated on the cusps of a dilemma that is directly related to the tension between selfhood and authorit..

SEDUCTIONS OF THE BOUZOUKI AND THE BRASS BAND: TRANSGRESSIVE REFLECTIONS ON MIKIS THEODORAKIS AND GIUSEPPE VERDI

Michael Herzfeld

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANNUAL OF THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS

It may transgress convention to compare Mikis Theodorakis, better known for his songs than for his operatic work, with the Italian..

Lockdown Reflections on Freedom and Cultural Intimacy

Michael Herzfeld

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANTHROPOLOGY IN ACTION-JOURNAL FOR APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY IN POLICY AND PRACTICE

In this article I address the role now being played by libertarian attacks on the enforcement of health regulations such as the we..

Review of Mahony, Sorcha. Searching for a better life: growing up in the slums of Bangkok. xiv, 191 pp., figs, bibliogr. Oxford, London: Berghahn Books, 2018.

Michael Herzfeld

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Uncanny success: Some closing remarks

M Herzfeld

Book Chapter  |  2020