The Making and Unmaking of Differences: Anthropological, Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives (Culture and Social Practice) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3899424263 ISBN 13: 9783899424263

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, 2006

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; 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3899424263
• ISBN 13: 9783899424263
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 147
• Editor: Rottenburg Richard, Schnepel Burkhard, Shimada Shingo