Difference And Sameness As Modes Of Integration: Anthropological Perspectives On Ethnicity And Religion

by Günther Schlee

2021-05-28 04:20:37

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 exc... Read more

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.

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ISBN9781789207651
Günther Schlee was a Professor at Bielefeld until 1999. He currently is the director of the section Integration and Conflict at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, focusing on Af...

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