The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley: 18 (Integration and Conflict Studies, 18) - Softcover

Girke, Felix

 
9781836950615: The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley: 18 (Integration and Conflict Studies, 18)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1836950616 ISBN 13: 9781836950615
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2025

Synopsis

How do the Kara, a small population residing on the eastern bank of the Omo River in southern Ethiopia, manage to be neither annexed nor exterminated by any of the larger groups that surround them? Through the theoretical lens of rhetoric, this book offers an interactionalist analysis of how the Kara negotiate ethnic and non-ethnic differences among themselves, the relations with their various neighbors, and eventually their integration in the Ethiopian state. The model of the “Wheel of Autonomy” captures the interplay of distinction, agency and autonomy that drives these dynamics and offers an innovative perspective on social relations.

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About the Author

Felix Girke is a social/cultural anthropologist and a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany. His publications include the edited volumes Ethiopian Images of Self and Other (UVHW, 2014) and The Rhetorical Emergence of Culture (Berghahn Books, 2011). He currently studies the politics of cultural heritage in Myanmar.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1836950616
ISBN 13 
9781836950615
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
308