Grammars of Identity : a Structural Approach

Grammars of Identity : a Structural Approach Alterity.

Issues of the construction of Self and Other, normally in the context of social exclusion of those perceived as different, have assumed a new urgency. This collection offers a fresh perspective on the ongoing debates on these questions in the social sciences and the humanities by focusing specifical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baumann, Gerd, 1953-
Other Authors: Gingrich, André
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2004.
Series:EASA Ser.
Subjects:
Group identity.
Other (Philosophy)
Violence.
group identity.
violence.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology.
Group identity
Violence
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Grammars of Identity/Alterity
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Step I. From an Essentialised Use of'Othering' to a Differentiation of Grammars
  • Chapter 1. Conceptualising Identities
  • Chapter 2. Grammars of Identity/Alterity
  • Step II. From a Repertoire of Grammars to Hierarchies and Power
  • Chapter 3. Othering the Scapegoat in Nepal
  • Chapter 4. German Grammars of Identity/Alterity
  • Chapter 5. Alterity as Celebration, Alterity as Threat
  • Step III. From Power to Violence
  • when Grammars Implode
  • Chapter 6. Completing or Competing?
  • Chapter 7. 'Out of the Race'
  • Chapter 8. Dehumanization as a Double-Edged Sword
  • Step IV. From Testing Grammars to Widening the Debate
  • Chapter 9. Between Structure and Agency
  • Chapter 10. Encompassment and its Discontents
  • Chapter 11. Debating Grammars
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index

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