Being a State and States of Being in Highland Georgia

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-296-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

Reihe: EASA Series

The highland region of the republic of Georgia, one of the former Soviet Socialist Republics, has long been legendary for its beauty. It is often assumed that the state has only made partial inroads into this region, and is mostly perceived as alien. Taking a fresh look at the Georgian highlands allows the author to consider perennial questions of citizenship, belonging, and mobility in a context that has otherwise been known only for its folkloric dimensions. Scrutinizing forms of identification with the state at its margins, as well as local encounters with the erratic Soviet and post-Soviet state, the author argues that citizenship is both a sought-after means of entitlement and a way of guarding against the state. This book not only challenges theories in the study of citizenship but also the axioms of integration in Western social sciences in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mu¿hlfried, Florian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Politische Geographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Note on Transcription

Introduction

Chapter 1. A Mobile Field

Chapter 2. Hidden Treasures in the Mountains and a State that Comes and Goes

Chapter 3. Reborn Citizens in a Post- Soviet Landscape

Chapter 4. Three Ways to Be a State

Chapter 5. Triple Winning and Simple Losing

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mu¿hlfried, Florian
Florian Mu¨hlfried teaches in the Caucasus Studies Program at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. Previously, he was a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and a visiting professor at the University of Campinas, Brazil. He is he author of Post-Soviet Feasting: The Georgian Banquet in Transition (2006, in German) and co-edited Exploring the Edge of Empire: Soviet Era Anthropology in the Caucasus and Central Asia with Sergey Sokolovskiy (2012).