The Making and Unmaking of Differences

ISBN 10: 3899424263 / ISBN 13: 9783899424263

Published by Transcript Verlag, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making and Unmaking of Differences
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3899424263
• ISBN 13: 9783899424263
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

Richard Rottenburg (Prof. Dr.) holds a chair in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Halle (Germany). He is the director of the LOST Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.

Burkhard Schnepel ist Professor für Ethnologie und Direktor des Zentrums für Interdisziplinäre Regionalstudien an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Neben Tourismus und Kulturerbe gilt sein Forschungsinteresse u.a. dem Indischen Ozean, Ritualen, sowie dem sakralen Königtum.

Shingo Shimada (Dr. phil.) ist Professor für Modernes Japan mit sozialwissenschaftlichem Schwerpunkt an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.