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Identity Destabilised: Living in an Overheated World
T Hylland Eriksen
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Description for Identity Destabilised: Living in an Overheated World
Paperback. An international collection of ethnographic essays exploring the anthropology of the Anthropocene Editor(s): Eriksen, Thomas Hylland; Schober, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal. It is the age of the Anthropocene, of humanity's indelible mark upon the planet. In short, it is globalisation - but not as we know it. This collection explores social identities in today's `overheated' world, seen from an anthropological perspective. The focus is on contradictions, tensions and paradoxes: How can an identity be stable if its border is constantly shifting? How can a community survive if it is incorporated into a huge entity? How does belonging work in new cities? And what ... Read more
The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal. It is the age of the Anthropocene, of humanity's indelible mark upon the planet. In short, it is globalisation - but not as we know it. This collection explores social identities in today's `overheated' world, seen from an anthropological perspective. The focus is on contradictions, tensions and paradoxes: How can an identity be stable if its border is constantly shifting? How can a community survive if it is incorporated into a huge entity? How does belonging work in new cities? And what ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745399126
SKU
V9780745399126
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About T Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. He is the author of numerous classics of anthropology, including Small Places, Large Issues - 4th Edition (Pluto, 2015) and What is Anthropology? - 2nd Edition (Pluto, 2017). Elisabeth Schober is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department ... Read more
Reviews for Identity Destabilised: Living in an Overheated World
'A powerful book ... already a benchmark classic of its discipline'
Manchester Review of Books 'Accelerated change may be a general characteristic of human life today, but the diverse and multi-facetted studies in this volume nevertheless document a significant variety of perceptions, reflections and agency in response to this volatile situation'
Karen Fog Olwig, Professor of Anthropology at ... Read more
Manchester Review of Books 'Accelerated change may be a general characteristic of human life today, but the diverse and multi-facetted studies in this volume nevertheless document a significant variety of perceptions, reflections and agency in response to this volatile situation'
Karen Fog Olwig, Professor of Anthropology at ... Read more