Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration

Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-765-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

Reihe: Integration and Conflict Studies

What does it mean to “fit in?” In this volume of essays, editors Günther 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlee, Günther

Horstmann, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Religionsethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Introduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration

Günther 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

Günther Schlee

Chapter 4. Politics of Belonging and Identity Transformations in Northern Côte d’Ivoire and Western Burkina Faso

Youssouf Diallo

Chapter 5. Tanguiéta: Identity Processes and Political History in a Small African Town

Tilo Grätz

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)

Günther Schlee

Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires

Günther Schlee

Epilogue

Günther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann, and John Eidson

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Schlee, Günther
Günther 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).

Horstmann, Alexander
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. He published Building Noah’s Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities ( Palgrave, 2015) and Faith in the Future: Understanding the Revitalization of Religion and Cultural Traditions in Asia (Brill, 2012).

Günther 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).