Grappling with Societies and Institutions in an Era of Socio-Ecological Crisis is an autoethnography that examines societies and institutions on how they function in an age of socio-ecological crises. It focuses on the steps involved in becoming a radical anthropologist and impact of societal and institutional settings as a scholar-activist.

Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Making of a Radical Anthropologist 1 – Immigration and Naturalization: From Peru to the United States and then to Australia2 – The Sixties and the Aircraft Industry Company: Being Politicized within the Bowels of the Corporation during the Sixties 3 – Roman Catholicism: Leaving the Womb of Holy Mother the Church4 – The Corporatization of Academia: From the Bush Leagues to an Elite Australian UniversityPart II: Studying Societies and Institutions 5 – Studies in Religion: Ethnogaphic Studies among the Levites of Utah and and African American Spiritual Churches 6 – Socio-Political and Religious Life in East Germany: Observations of a Fulbright Scholar and Ethnographer7 – Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the US, UK, and Australia: Hanging Out with the ‘Quacks’ 8 -- The Australian Climate Movement: Coming to Grips with the Ecological Crisis Down Under and Globally9 –Towards Democratic Eco-Socialism as an Alternative World SystemEpilogue: Retirement: Refusing to Retire from Life References Index