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Zusatztext "This book offers a counterintuitive and innovative approach to the politics of cultural difference and social order. The appeal of Harrison's argument is enhanced because he shows that currently dominant approaches to the politics of identity and difference are likely to be misguided! but does not resort to a wrongheaded appeal to universalism that simply collapses difference." ???? Anthropological Forum " Simon Harrison has written a thoughtful short book. It is clearly written and well argued. It uses diverse ethnography to explore proprietary forms of identity! where culture is a form of property to be possessed or selectively given out to others. The book is comparative anthropology at its best...a powerful thoughtful book! [whose] controversial ideas deserve serious debate. " ? ?? Dialect Anthropol ? "I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is clearly and convincingly written! covers a large number of fascinating and diverse ethnographic cases! and its central theoretical propositions are well worthy of consideration and debate." ?????American Anthropologist Informationen zum Autor Simon Harrison is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Ulster, and has carried out ethnographic fieldwork among the people of Avatip in Papua New Guinea. He has published extensively on Melanesian warfare, ethnopsychology, cultural identity, and indigenous forms of intellectual property. Klappentext Western societies draw crucially on concepts of the 'individual' in constructing their images of the ethnic group and nation and define these in terms of difference. This study explores the implications of these constructs for Western understanding of social order and ethnic conflicts. Comparing them with the forms of cultural identity characteristic of Melanesia as they have developed since pre-colonial times, the author arrives at a surprising conclusion: he argues that these kinds of identities are more properly and adequately viewed as forms of disguised or denied resemblance, and that it is these covert commonalities that give rise to, and prolong, social divisions and conflicts between groups. Zusammenfassung Western societies draw crucially on concepts of the 'individual' in constructing their images of the ethnic group and nation and define these in terms of difference. This study explores the implications of these constructs for Western understanding of social order and ethnic conflicts. Comparing them with the forms of cultural identity characteristic of Melanesia as they have developed since pre-colonial times, the author arrives at a surprising conclusion: he argues that these kinds of identities are more properly and adequately viewed as forms of disguised or denied resemblance, and that it is these covert commonalities that give rise to, and prolong, social divisions and conflicts between groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: Order, Conflict and 'Difference' Chapter 1. Proprietary Identities Chapter 2. A Phenomenology of Trademark Ownership Chapter 3. Mimesis and Identity Chapter 4. Difference as Denied Resemblance Chapter 5. Property, Personhood and the Objectification of Culture Chapter 6. Cultural Piracy and Cultural Pollution Chapter 7. Cultural Boundaries, Cultural Ownership Chapter 8. Power and the Negotiation of Identity Chapter 9. Identity as a Scarce Resource Chapter 10. The Politics of Alikeness Conclusion: Cultural Constructions of 'Cultural Identity' Bibliography Index ...
