Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2017
272 pages
978-1-78533-716-1 (ISBN)
Description
What does it mean to "fit in?" In this volume of essays, editors Guenther 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.
Reviews / Votes
"Schlee and Horstmann as the book's editors must be congratulated on combining a variety of perspectives from around the globe on how differences and sameness may either contribute to or prohibit unity. In this regard, Schlee's introduction provides a helpful analysis of four models...[It] consists of proper scholarly research well substantiated by references and would therefore serve as good scholarly material. The presentation of the data is not too difficult for a non-specialist who is interested in inter-cultural engagement. In this regard, this collection should attract a wide audience." * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)"While conflict remains the dominant trope in the analysis of ethnic diversity, the book accrues its value in emphasising coexistence as a mode of managing diversity." * Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
10 Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-78533-716-1 (9781785337161)
DOI
10.3167/9781785337154
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Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
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11/2017
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Berghahn Books
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Persons
Guenther Schlee is Director emeritus 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).
Content
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Introduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Guenther 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
Guenther 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 Graetz
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)
Guenther Schlee
Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires
Guenther Schlee
Epilogue
Guenther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann, and John Eidson
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Guenther 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
Guenther 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 Graetz
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)
Guenther Schlee
Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires
Guenther Schlee
Epilogue
Guenther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann, and John Eidson
Bibliography
Index
