by polity.lk | Feb 5, 2025 | Agrarian Studies
The Hidden Politics of Critical Agrarian Studies: A Reply to Urs Geiser Tom Brass In a recent contribution to Polity, Urs Geiser (2023) endorsed Critical Agrarian Studies (CAS), as an approach he wishes to apply to the study of rural society in Sri Lanka. To this end,...
James Brow, Anuradhapura 1984, and the Question of Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka
Jonathan Spencer
by polity.lk | Apr 21, 2024 | Agrarian Studies
James Brow, Anuradhapura 1984, and the Question of Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka Jonathan Spencer James Brow was a British anthropologist who drifted from the nascent counter-culture of early 1960s London, to the mid-1960s West Coast of the USA, where he found a...