Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration

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).

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of IntegrationGünther SchleeChapter 1. Distances and Hierarchies: The Struggle over Ethnic Symbols in Nepal’s Public SpacesJoanna Pfaff-CzarneckaChapter 2. Identity through Difference: Ambivalences of the Social Integration of Mauritania’s Former SlavesUrs Peter RufChapter 3. Identification with the State and Identifications by the StateGünther SchleeChapter 4. Politics of Belonging and Identity Transformations in Northern Côte d’Ivoire and Western Burkina FasoYoussouf DialloChapter 5. Tanguiéta: Identity Processes and Political History in a Small African TownTilo GrätzChapter 6. Transnational Practices and Post-Soviet Collective IdentityClaus Bech Hansen and Markus KaiserChapter 7. Living Together: The Transformation of Multi-Religious Coexistence in Southern ThailandAlexander HorstmannChapter 8. Three Dyads Compared: Nuer/Anywaa (Ethiopia), Maasai/Kamba (Kenya), and Evenki/Buryat (Siberia)Günther SchleeChapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on EmpiresGünther SchleeEpilogueGünther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann, and John EidsonBibliographyIndex

“Schlee and Horstmann as the book’s editors must be congratulated on combining a variety of perspectives from around the globe on how differences and sameness may either contribute to or prohibit unity. In this regard, Schlee’s introduction provides a helpful analysis of four models…[It] consists of proper scholarly research well substantiated by references and would therefore serve as good scholarly material. The presentation of the data is not too difficult for a non-specialist who is interested in inter-cultural engagement. In this regard, this collection should attract a wide audience.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)“While conflict remains the dominant trope in the analysis of ethnic diversity, the book accrues its value in emphasising coexistence as a mode of managing diversity.” • Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale