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This book is about the making and unmaking of socio-cultural differences, seen from anthropological, sociological and philosophical perspectives. Some contributions are of a theoretical nature, such as when the problem of translation , the enigma of alienity or queer theory are addressed; other cont...
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transcript Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Bielefeld : |
| Publication Dates: |
2015. ©2006 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Kultur und soziale praxis
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| Summary: |
This book is about the making and unmaking of socio-cultural differences, seen from anthropological, sociological and philosophical perspectives. Some contributions are of a theoretical nature, such as when the problem of translation , the enigma of alienity or queer theory are addressed; other contributors throw light on contemporary issues like the integration of Muslims in Norway, identity-forming processes in Creole societies or neo-traditionalist movements and identity in Africa. Moreover, the book deals with strangers looked at from an anthropology of the night . Special emphasis is placed on how globalization and the rapid spread of ever new technologies of information have generated ever new patterns of inclusion and exclusion, and how these can be theorized. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (150 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783839404263 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HM1271 |
| CLC: | G05-532 |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENT -- Untrivializing Difference. A Personal Introduction / Diversity Versus Difference: Neo-liberalism in the Minority-Debate / Social Constructivism and the Enigma of Strangeness / Witchcraft, Evidence and the Localisation of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Uganda / Critical Note. Is African Philosophy Different? / Philosophy, Queer Theories, and the Overcoming of Identity / Cultural Differences and the Problem of Translation / Coming Back to One s Own: What Happens to Tradition in Neo-Traditionalist Movements? / How different? Re-Examining the Process of Creolization / Strangers in the Night: The Making and Unmaking of Differences from the Perspective of an Anthropology of the Night / On the Authors -- Backmatter. |