The making and unmaking of differences : anthropological, sociological and philosophical perspectives / Richard Rottenburg, Burkhard Schnepel, Shingo Shimada (eds.).
Publisher:
Distributed (U.S.A.) by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick : Distributed (U.S.A.) by Transaction Publishers,
"The papers collected in this volume are based on presentations made at a conference on 'The making and unmaking of differences,' which was held at the Institute of Social Anthropology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg in Oct. 2004"--p. 11-12. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Strangers in the night : the making and unmaking of differences from the perspective of an anthropology of the night / Burkhard Schnepel. Diversity versus difference : neo-liberalism in the minority-debate / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- Social constructivism and the enigma of strangeness / Richard Rottenburg -- Witchcraft, evidence and the localisation of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Uganda / Heike Behrend -- Critical note : is African philosophy different / Lukas K. Sosoe -- Philosophy, queer theories, and the overcoming of identity / Flavia Monceri -- Cultural difference and the problem of translation / Shingo Shimada -- Coming back to one's own : what happens to tradition in neo-traditionalist movements? / Karl-Heinz Kohl -- How different? : re-examining the process of Creolization / Charles Stewart -- Strangers in the night : the making and unmaking of differences from the perspective of an anthropology of the night / Burkhard Schnepel.
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