Harmony Ideology

By Laura Nader,

Book cover of Harmony Ideology: Justice and Control in a Zapotec Mountain Village

Book description

A Stanford University Press classic.

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Why read it?

1 author picked Harmony Ideology as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The book was formative in my thinking through ideas and control. Growing up in war zones, peace had always been something we strive for.

It was reading this book that made me aware how peace can be used as control, how colonialism works in order to preserve the status quo of injustices through ideologies of peace and harmony. But who said that peace is always what is needed, or harmony not conflict is the best ideal in societies?

The book was formative in also making me think about culture, ideas, and control. 

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