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The Political Anthropology of Ethnic and Religious Minorities (Paperback)
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The Political Anthropology of Ethnic and Religious Minorities (Paperback)
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This book presents some arguments for why a political
anthropological perspective can be particularly helpful for
understanding the connected political and cultural challenges and
opportunities posed by the situation of ethnic and religious
minorities. The first chapter shortly introduces the major
anthropological concepts used, including liminality, trickster,
imitation and schismogenesis; concepts that are used together with
approaches of historical sociology and genealogy, especially
concerning the rise and fall of empires, and their lasting impact.
The conceptual framework suggested here is particularly helpful for
understanding how marginal places can become liminal, appearing
suddenly at the center of political attention. The introduction
also shows the manner in which minority existence can problematize
the depersonalizing tendencies of modern globalization. Subsequent
chapters demonstrate how the described political anthropological
conceptual framework can be used in certain European regions, and
in the case of certain ethnic and religious minority, and each
illustrates that instead of charismatic leaders, trickster
politicians are emerging and increasingly dominate, through the
"public sphere", the space of modern politics emptied of real
presence. The chapters in this book were originally published as a
special issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics.
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