Imagined Differences

Hatred and the Construction of Identity

• Author(s): Günther Schlee,
• Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
• Pages: 280
• ISBN_10: 3825839567
  ISBN_13: 9783825839567
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Violence in Society , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... This book addresses key concepts of modern anthropology like "difference" and "identity" in the light of ethnographic evidence from various local settings stretching from Morocco to Indonesia. As the antagonistic and destructive aspects of social identification are also discussed, the book is a contribution to conflict theory, it provides elements of orientation in a world marked by a proliferation of ethnic movements and of nationalisms which become more narrow and more aggressive.