Identities

Time, Difference and Boundaries

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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"Identity" has become a core concept of the social and cultural sciences. Bringing together perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literary criticism, this book offers a comprehensive and critical overview on how this concept is currently used and how it relates to memory and constructions of historical meaning.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-01-16
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt395 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMaking Sense of History
Antal sidor288
FörlagBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN9781571815071

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PART I: PERSPECTIVES AND CONCEPTSChapter 1. Identity: Desire, Name and DifferenceHeidrun FrieseChapter 2. Identity and Selfhood as a ProblématiquePeter WagnerChapter 3. Personal and Collective Identity: A Conceptual AnalysisJürgen StraubChapter 4. Identities of the West: Reason, Myths, Limits of ToleranceBarbara HenryPART II: REPRESENTATION AND TRANSLATIONChapter 5. The Praxis of Cognition and Representation of DifferenceMartin FuchsChapter 6. Constructions of Cultural Identity and Problems of TranslationShingo ShimadaPART III: WOMEN AND ALTERITYChapter 7. The Performance of HysteriaElisabeth BronfenChapter 8. The 'Jewess Pallas Athena': Horizons of Selfconception in the 19th and 20th CenturiesPART IV: BOUNDARIES AND ETHNICITYChapter 9. Collective Identity as a Dual Discursive Construction: Dominant v. Demotic Discourses of Culture and the Negotiation of Historical MemoryGerd BaumannChapter 10. Historical Culture in (Post-) Colonial Context: The Genesis of National Identification Figures in Francophone Western AfricaHans-Jürgen LüsebrinkChapter 11. Identity as Progress – The Longevity of NationalismChristian GeulenChapter 12. Culture and History in Comparative FundamentalismEmanuel SivanNotes on contributorsBibliographyIndex