Grappling with Societies and Institutions in an Era of Socio-Ecological Crisis

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Grappling with Societies and Institutions in an Era of Socio-Ecological Crisis is written by Hans A. Baer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1793637466 (ISBN 10) and 9781793637468 (ISBN 13).

Grappling with Societies and Institutions in an Era of Socio-Ecological Crisis is an autobiographical ethnography of the journey through various societies and institutions and how they function in the midst of an era of socio-ecological crises. The volume traces the steps of the author in becoming a radical anthropologist, namely through the experience of immigration and naturalization from Peru to the United States and then to Australia, politicization while working as an engineer in the aircraft industry during the late 1960s, socialization in and subsequent exit from Roman Catholicism, and experiences as an academic working in the corporate university. As well, the author illuminates the practices of research and engagement as a scholar-activist on various topics, such as the Levites of Utah and African American Spiritual churches, socio-political and religious life in East Germany, complementary and alternative medicine, the Australian climate movement, and democratic eco-socialism.