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Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity - Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place (Paperback)
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Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity - Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place (Paperback)
Series: Culture on the Edge: Studies in Identity Formation
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Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity is a multi-authored work
that tackles the problem of how to examine the historicity of
identity. Six scholars of religion, all members of the Culture on
the Edge group, engage in a constructive dialogue mediating and
critically cross-examining issues of identity formation, suggesting
ways of achieving greater theoretical clarity in the study of
identity-or better, identity claims-as it takes shape over time and
space. The volume is divided into three sites, or what we might
call three situations, each of which is representative of a
specific act, such as for example, the strategic acts of
classification, appropriation, and comparison. Each site then
consists of a main chapter, a response from another scholar (who
presses further the point of the main chapter while inviting its
author to reflect upon their initial argument) and a reply from the
author of the main chapter. Additionally, the volume includes an
appendix with a series of posts that originally appeared at the
blog for Culture on the Edge. These theoretically challenging
posts, also investigating the volume's three main areas, further
exemplify and model a different way of approach in the study of
identity. Although Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity is not a
textbook, and while challenging for any reader, it can serve as a
great pedagogical tool for professors who wish to use the book in
their classes not only within religious studies but in any class
that touches on issues of identity.
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