Grammars of Identity / Alterity

A Structural Approach

By: Gerd Baumann (Editor), Andre Gingrich (Editor)

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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 specifically on one theoretical proposition, namely, that the seemingly universal processes of identity formation and exclusion of the 'other' can be differentiated according to three modalities. All contributors directly engage with rigorous empirical testing and theoretical cross-examination of this proposition. Their results have direct implications not only for a more differentiated understanding of collective identities, but also for a better understanding of extreme collective violence and genocide.

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"A short review cannot do justice to the richness of this, or to the problems posed by its analytical framework...This is a thought-provoking, problematic even troubling volume with many excellent chapters." â¢ Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)

"This book's strength is two-fold. First, as an edited volume it was delightfully cohesive, with each author considering the same set of basic questions, and utilizing the three grammars as a frame for examining identity in their various contexts...The second core strength for me is the fluid treatment of both structural and agentic aspects of identity...I found this a stimulating volume and think it has much to offer for readers interested in better understanding identity processes." â¢ Anthropology and Education Quarterly

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List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
From An Essentialised Use of 'Othering' to a Differentiation Of Grammars
Conceptualising Identities: Anthropological Alternatives to Essentialising Difference and Moralizing about Othering
Grammars of Identity/Alterity: A Structural Approach
From A Repertoire of Grammars to Hierarchies and Power
Othering the Scapegoat in Nepal: The Ritual of Ghantakarna
German Grammars of Identity/Alterity: A Diachronic View
Alterity as Celebration, Alterity as Threat: A Comparison of Grammars between Brazil and Denmark
From Power To Violence - When Grammars Implode
Completing or Competing ? Contexts of Hmong Selfing/Othering in Laos
'Out of the Race': The Poiesis of Genocide in Mass Media Discourses in Cote d'Ivoire
Dehumanization as a Double-Edged Sword: From Boot-Camp Animals to Killing Machines
From Testing Grammars to Widening the Debate
Between Structure and Agency: From the langue of Hindutva Identity Construction to the parole of Lived Experience
Encompassment and its Discontents: The Rmeet and the Lowland
Debating Grammars: Arguments and Prospects
Notes on Contributors
Subject Index
Name Index
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