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"The rise of the Information Age and of a data-driven economy may well be what distinguish the current era. We are able to enjoy the digital devices that define our times not only because of Silicon Valley innovations but also because of a burgeoning trade in dense substances like coltan, tin, tungsten, and tantalum, which can hold high electrical charges. As anthropologist James H. Smith argues, these minerals-what Congolese call the "black minerals"-are also incredibly socially dense: they bring into being vast divisions of labor, from hole owners, work managers, and diggers to porters and middlemen, alongside all sorts of ancillary businesses, from tool makers and food vendors to creditors. In The Eyes of the World, Smith disassembles the devices in our pockets, tracing their provenance through the Global North and to the Congo, which has suffered through many iterations of the so-called resource curse. While acknowledging the role that mineral extraction has played in fueling the Congolese wars of the past several decades, Smith ultimately shows how mining can be more or less peaceful, inclusive, and stabilizing-depending on how it is accomplished. While global watch groups tend to espouse Western-style bureaucratic methods that center transparency, the modes of collaboration that best support the peace and productivity of small-scale artisanal mining are, Smith shows, much more complicated. Stakeholders in these markets engage different temporalities and socialities-often encompassing networks that include ancestors and forests-as well as different understandings of peace, the state, and well-being"--

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The book provides a series of approaches to the ancient question of whether and how God is a matter of “experience,” or, alternately, to what extent the notion of experience can be true to itself if it does not include God. On the one hand, it seems impossible to experience God: the deity does not offer Himself to sense experience. On the other hand, there have been mystics who have claimed to have encountered God. The essays in this collection seek to explore the topic again, drawing insights from phenomenology, theology, literature, and feminism. Throughout, this stimulating collection maintains a strong connection with concrete rather than abstract approaches to God.

PHILOSOPHY / Religious