James Ferguson (anthropologist)

James Gordon Ferguson
Ferguson at the University of Sussex, July 2016
Born	June 16, 1959[1]
Nationality	American
Occupation	professor, scholar
Title	Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences[2]
Academic background
Education	Ph.D.
Alma mater	Harvard University[3]
Thesis title	Discourse, knowledge, and structural production in the "development" industry : an anthropological study of a rural development project in Lesotho[4]
Thesis year	1985[4]
Academic work
Discipline	Anthropologist
Sub discipline	Development studies
Institutions	Stanford University (2003 - ) University of California, Irvine (1986-2003)[3]
Main interests	Political economy, Development studies, Migration[3]

James Ferguson is an American anthropologist. He is known for his work on the politics and anthropology of international development, specifically his critical stance (development criticism). He is currently chair of the Anthropology Department at Stanford University.^[2] His best-known work is his book, The Anti-Politics Machine. He earned his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.^[3]

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.
• 1994, The Anti-Politics Machine: 'Development,' Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho, Cambridge University Press.

References

1. "Ferguson, James, 1959-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
2. "James Ferguson". Stanford - Department of Anthropology. Stanford University. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
3. Ferguson, James (May 2015). "Curriculum Vitae - James Ferguson" (PDF). Stanford - Department of Anthropology. Stanford University. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
4. Ferguson, James Gordon (1985). Discourse, knowledge, and structural production in the "development" industry : an anthropological study of a rural development project in Lesotho (Ph.D.). Harvard University. OCLC 19506355. Retrieved November 5, 2016.

External links

• Ferguson's faculty profile at Stanford
• Interview with James Ferguson by 'Theory Talks'