Globalization and Identity
Dialectics of Flow and Closure
1st Edition
Published on 18. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
346 pages
978-0-631-21238-6 (ISBN)
Description
Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure
"Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of 'flow' and 'closure' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective.
"Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of 'flow' and 'closure' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective.
Reviews / Votes
"This mixture of the empirical and the theoretical as well as the emphasis on globalization as an ambivalent situation of flow and closure are the main strengths of this volume and as such it serves as a useful introduction to the topic, not least to those are put off by the overly theoretical approaches usually associated with the subject matter." John Walliss, Bookends"The immense merit of this volume to readers who are not steeped in the debates about globalization is that it makes the subject relevant to concerns widely shared in the world today. It is also easily comprehensible, with its, on the whole, enlightening case-studies." Patrick Chabal, International Affairs
" With a rich confluence of diverse empirical material with social theory, the writers in this volume have made a strong and timely anthology for those interested in globalization or identity studies" Matthew Kurtz, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-21238-6 (9780631212386)
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Persons
Birgit Meyer is a German professor of religious studies at Utrecht University.
Peter Geschiere is an editor of Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure published by Wiley.
Peter Geschiere is an editor of Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure published by Wiley.
Content
Introduction. (Birgit Meyer and Peter Geshiere). Nationalism and Transnationalism.
Cirassian Encounters: The Self as Other and the Production of the Homeland in the North Caucasus. (Seteney Shami).
Transnationalism in the Era of Nation-States: China, 1900-1945. (Prasenjit Duara).
The French Colonial Policy of Assimilation and the Civility of the Originaires of the Four Communes (Senegal): A Nineteenth Century Globalization Project. (Mamadou Diouf).
Enforcing the Human Rights of Citizens and Non-Citizens in the Era of Maastricht: Some Reflections on the Importance of States. (Jacqueline Bhabha).
Commodities and Fantasies.
Small Product, Big Issues: Value Contestations and Cultural Identities in Cross-Border Commodity Networks.
Commodities and the Power of Prayer: Pentecostalist Attitudes Towards Consumption in Contemporary Ghana. (Birgit Meyer).
Domesticating Diamonds and Dollars: Identity, Expenditure and Sharing in Southwestern Zaire (1984-1997). (Filip De Boeck).
Globalization and the Power of Indeterminate Meaning: Witchcraft and Spirit Cults in Africa and East Asia. (Peter Geschiere).
Theoretical Reflections.
Time and the Global: Against the Homogeneous, Empty Communities in Contemporary Social Theory. John D. Kelly.
Globalization and Virtuality: Analytical Problems Posed by the Contemporary Transformation of African Societies. (Wim van Binsbergen).
Dead Certainty: Ethnic Violence in the Era of Globalization. (Arjun Appadurai).
Epilogue: On Some Reports from a Free Space. (Ulf Hannerz).
Notes on Contributors.
Index
Cirassian Encounters: The Self as Other and the Production of the Homeland in the North Caucasus. (Seteney Shami).
Transnationalism in the Era of Nation-States: China, 1900-1945. (Prasenjit Duara).
The French Colonial Policy of Assimilation and the Civility of the Originaires of the Four Communes (Senegal): A Nineteenth Century Globalization Project. (Mamadou Diouf).
Enforcing the Human Rights of Citizens and Non-Citizens in the Era of Maastricht: Some Reflections on the Importance of States. (Jacqueline Bhabha).
Commodities and Fantasies.
Small Product, Big Issues: Value Contestations and Cultural Identities in Cross-Border Commodity Networks.
Commodities and the Power of Prayer: Pentecostalist Attitudes Towards Consumption in Contemporary Ghana. (Birgit Meyer).
Domesticating Diamonds and Dollars: Identity, Expenditure and Sharing in Southwestern Zaire (1984-1997). (Filip De Boeck).
Globalization and the Power of Indeterminate Meaning: Witchcraft and Spirit Cults in Africa and East Asia. (Peter Geschiere).
Theoretical Reflections.
Time and the Global: Against the Homogeneous, Empty Communities in Contemporary Social Theory. John D. Kelly.
Globalization and Virtuality: Analytical Problems Posed by the Contemporary Transformation of African Societies. (Wim van Binsbergen).
Dead Certainty: Ethnic Violence in the Era of Globalization. (Arjun Appadurai).
Epilogue: On Some Reports from a Free Space. (Ulf Hannerz).
Notes on Contributors.
Index