The Making and Unmaking of Differences ? Anthropological, Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives

Richard Rottenburg

ISBN 10: 3899424263 / ISBN 13: 9783899424263

Editore: Transcript Verlag, 2006

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Emphasises on how globalization and the rapid spread of technologies of information have generated patterns of inclusion and exclusion, and how these can be theorized. This book is about the making and unmaking of sociocultural differences, seen from anthropological, sociological, and philosophical perspectives. Editor(s): Rottenburg, Richard; Schnepel, Barkhard; Shimada, Shingo. Num Pages: 150 pages, 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248. . 2006. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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• Titolo: The Making and Unmaking of Differences ? Anthropological, Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives
• Editore: Transcript Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3899424263
• ISBN 13: 9783899424263
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

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; others shed light on contemporary issues, such as 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" perspective. Special emphasis is placed on how globalization and the rapid spread of increasingly new technologies of information have generated new patterns of inclusion and exclusion, and how these can be theorized.

Richard Rottenburg and Burkhard Schnepel are both professors of cultural anthropology. Shingo Shimada holds a chair in Intercultural Sociology at the newly founded Institute for Ethnology (Cultural Anthropolgy) at Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg. The editors areas of interest include: anthropology of law, organization, science and technology in Africa, diaspora-migration-transculture, and intercultural comparison/translation/intercultural understanding.

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Richard Rottenburg and Burkhard Schnepel are Professors for Social Anthropology at the new Institute for Social Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Their regional foci are on Africa (RR) and India/Indian Ocean (BS); their core topics include: "Anthropology of Law, Organization, Science and Technology in Africa" (RR) and "Cultures in Motion" (BS). Shingo Shimada was Professor for Intercultural Sociology in Halle. Recently he was appointed professor at the East Asia Institute, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. His regional focus is Japan, his core interests are intercultural comaprison, translation, intercultural understanding.