The notion of ‘sociality’ is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors to this edited collection identify the strengths and weaknesses of current definitions and their deployment in the social sciences. By developing their own rigorous and innovative theory of human sociality, they re-set the framework of the debate and open up new possibilities for conceptualizing other forms of sociality, such as that of animals or materials.
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Books
Nicholas J. Long and Henrietta L. Moore (eds) (2012) Sociality: New Directions. New York: Berghahn.
Understanding Global Sexualities (eds.) Peter Aggleton, Paul Boyce, Henrietta L. Moore, Richard Parker
Over the course of the past thirty years, there has been an explosion of work on sexuality, both conceptually and methodologically. From a relatively limited, specialist field, the study of sexuality has expanded across a wide range of social sciences. Yet as the field has grown, it has become apparent that a number of leading edge critical issues remain.
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LSE Review of Books: Oedipus on Tour
Margherita Margiotti reviews Henrietta L. Moore’s The Subject of Anthropology: Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis for the LSE Review of Books.
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Kaldor, Mary, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow (eds) (2012) Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection. Palgrave Macmillan
In this anniversary edition of ‘Global Civil Society’, activists and academics look back on ten years of ‘politics from below’, and ask whether it is merely the critical gaze upon the concept that has changed – or whether there is something genuinely new in kind about the way in which civil society is now operating.
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Moore, H. L. (2011). Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Ranging from African initiation rituals to Japanese anime, and from sex in virtual worlds to Schubert songs, Henrietta Moore focuses on how best we might approach the relationship between critical thought and politics, as well as the dynamics of intimacy and meaning in contemporary cultural and social life.
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Moore, H. L. (2007). The Subject of Anthropology: Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis. Cambridge: Polity Press.
‘The Subject of Anthropology’ draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender and of how we become sexed beings. Arguing that the Oedipus complex is no longer the fulcrum of debate between anthropology and psychoanalysis, Moore demonstrates how recent theorizing on subjectivity, agency and culture has opened up new possibilities for rethinking the relationship between gender, sexuality and symbolism.
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Moore, Henrietta L. (1996). Space, Text, and Gender. 2nd ed., Guilford Press.
This study focuses on the relationship between the organization of household space and gender relations, showing how that relation shifts due to changing social and economic conditions.
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Moore, Henrietta L. (1994) A Passion for Difference: Essays in Anthropology and Gender. Cambridge: Polity Press.
In A Passion for Difference Henrietta L. Moore examines the nature and limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about sex, gender and sexuality.
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Moore, Henrietta L. and and M.A. Vaughan (1994) Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition and Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1890-1990. New York: Heinemann.
Winner of the 1995 Herskovits Prize for the best book published on Africa, African Studies Association, USA
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Moore, Henrietta L. (1988) Feminism and Anthropology. Cambridge
This is the first book which examines the nature and significance of a feminist critique in anthropology. It offers a clear introduction to, and balanced assessment of, the theoretical and practical issues raised by the development of a feminist anthropology.
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