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James Ferguson

1959 – 2025

American anthropologist

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About James Ferguson

Lived 1959 – 2025 (aged 65). James Ferguson was an American anthropologist, academic and university teacher.

Death Ferguson died on February 12, 2025, at the age of 65.

Selected publications 2021, Presence and Social Obligation. Prickly Paradigm Press. 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. 1990, The Anti-Politics Machine: 'Development,' Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho, Cambridge University Press. Republished in 1994 by University of Minnesota Press.

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Education
Harvard University, University of California, Santa Barbara
Employers
Stanford University

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Frequently asked questions

Who was James Ferguson?

American anthropologist

When was James Ferguson born?

James Ferguson was born on 16 June 1959.

When did James Ferguson die?

James Ferguson died on 14 February 2025.

What was James Ferguson's occupation?

James Ferguson was an anthropologist, academic and university teacher.

What nationality was James Ferguson?

James Ferguson was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: James Ferguson

· Wikidata: Q2579560

· DBpedia: James Ferguson (anthropologist)

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