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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
Terror, Edmund Burke argued, is the “common stock of everything that is sublime,” capable of producing delight when held at a certain distance. What puzzled Burke was the question of “how any species of delight can be ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
In the last decade, elitist philanthropy exploded in certain parts of the West and so did philanthropy of outlaw motorcycle clubs. The question is, under whatconditions does philanthropy become an effective strategy of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This article, grounded in long-term ethnographic research among producers of contemporary luxurious embroideries and fashions in Lucknow, a North Indian city famous for its golden age as a powerful cultural center of ...
Directing Passions in New Delhi’s Fashion World: On the Power of Ritual and Illusions without Owners
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Grounded in long-term ethnographic fieldwork in New Delhi’s fashion industry, this article explores the pressing question on the designer’s mind, namely: how do I align the desires of others with my (master)-desire? This ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
The article dissects current utopian visions of future Indian superpowerdom and traces them to underlying convergences between right wing political Hindu nationalism and philanthrocapitalism. By looking at how utopian ...