Imagined Differences: Hatred and the Construction of Identity

Imagined Differences: Hatred and the Construction of Identity
ISBN-10
3825839567
ISBN-13
9783825839567
Category
Social Science
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
LIT Verlag Münster
Author
Günther Schlee

Description

This book addresses key concepts of modern anthropology like "difference" and "identity" in the light of ethnographic evidence from various local settings stretching from Morocco to Indonesia. As the antagonistic and destructive aspects of social identification are also discussed, the book is a contribution to conflict theory, it provides elements of orientation in a world marked by a proliferation of ethnic movements and of nationalisms which become more narrow and more aggressive.

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