Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2017
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-78533-715-4 (ISBN)
Description
What does it mean to "fit in?" In this volume of essays, editors Gunther Schlee and Alexander Horstmann demystify the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about the role of sameness and difference as the basis for inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local systems, social relationships, and the negotiation of people's positions in the everyday politics, these essays tease out the ways in which ethnicity, religion and nationalism are used for social integration.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78533-715-4 (9781785337154)
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Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
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1st Edition
Berghahn Books
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Guenther Schlee | Alexander Horstmann
Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
E-Book
11/2017
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€24.49
Available for download
Persons
Gunther Schlee is a Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. Prior to this appointment he was a Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bielefeld. His main publications include Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya (Manchester University Press, 1989), How Enemies Are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict (Berghahn Books, 2008) and Pastoralism and Politics (with Abdullahi A. Shongolo, James Currey, 2012). Alexander Horstmann is Associate Professor in Southeast Asian Studies at the School of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia. He has held visiting positions at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Mahidol University and EHESS in Paris. He is co-editor of the Berghahn Journal Advances in Research: Conflict and Society.
Content
List of Figures and Tables Introduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration Gunther Schlee Chapter 1. Distances and Hierarchies: The Struggle over Ethnic Symbols in Nepal's Public Spaces Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka Chapter 2. Identity through Difference: Ambivalences of the Social Integration of Mauritania's Former Slaves Urs Peter Ruf Chapter 3. Identification with the State and Identifications by the State Gunther Schlee Chapter 4. Politics of Belonging and Identity Transformations in Northern Cote d'Ivoire and Western Burkina Faso Youssouf Diallo Chapter 5. Tanguieta: Identity Processes and Political History in a Small African Town Tilo Gratz Chapter 6. Transnational Practices and Post-Soviet Collective Identity Claus Bech Hansen and Markus Kaiser Chapter 7. Living Together: The Transformation of Multi-religious Coexistence in Southern Thailand Alexander Horstmann Chapter 8. Three Dyads Compared: Nuer/Anywaa (Ethiopia), Maasai/Kamba (Kenya), and Evenki/Buryat (Siberia) Gunther Schlee Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires Gunther Schlee Epilogue Gunther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann, and John Eidson Bibliography