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Informationen zum Autor Günther Schlee is Director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. Prior to this appointment he was a Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bielefeld. His main publications include Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya (Manchester University Press, 1989), How Enemies Are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict (Berghahn Books, 2008) and Pastoralism and Politics (with Abdullahi A. Shongolo, James Currey, 2012). Alexander Horstmann is Associate Professor in Southeast Asian Studies at the School of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia. He has held visiting positions at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Mahidol University and EHESS in Paris. He is co-editor of the Berghahn Journal Advances in Research: Conflict and Society . He published Building Noah’s Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities ( Palgrave, 2015) and Faith in the Future: Understanding the Revitalization of Religion and Cultural Traditions in Asia (Brill, 2012). Klappentext What does it mean to "fit in?" In this volume of essays, editors Günther Schlee and Alexander Horstmann demystify the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about the role of sameness and difference as the basis for inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local systems, social relationships, and the negotiation of people's positions in the everyday politics, these essays tease out the ways in which ethnicity, religion and nationalism are used for social integration. Zusammenfassung What does it mean to “fit in?” This volume of essays demystifies the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about role of similarity in inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local social structures, these essays tease out the ways in which ethnicity, religion and nationalism are used for social integration. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration Günther Schlee Chapter 1. Distances and Hierarchies: The Struggle over Ethnic Symbols in Nepal's Public Spaces Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka Chapter 2. Identity through Difference: Ambivalences of the Social Integration of Mauritania's Former Slaves Urs Peter Ruf Chapter 3. Identification with the State and Identifications by the State Günther Schlee Chapter 4. Politics of Belonging and Identity Transformations in Northern Côte d'Ivoire and Western Burkina Faso Youssouf Diallo Chapter 5. Tanguiéta: Identity Processes and Political History in a Small African Town Tilo Grätz Chapter 6. Transnational Practices and Post-Soviet Collective Identity Claus Bech Hansen and Markus Kaiser Chapter 7. Living Together: The Transformation of Multi-Religious Coexistence in Southern Thailand Alexander Horstmann Chapter 8. Three Dyads Compared: Nuer/Anywaa (Ethiopia), Maasai/Kamba (Kenya), and Evenki/Buryat (Siberia) Günther Schlee Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires Günther Schlee Epilogue Günther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann, and John Eidson Bibliography Index ...
