Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference
About: This article is published in British Journal of Sociology.The article was published on 1970-06-01. It has received 4205 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social organization & Ethnic group.
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24 Nov 2015
TL;DR: McEwan as discussed by the authors presents a review of the text/literature review of English literature with a focus on the four archetypes of doing anthropology: the four Archetypes of ‘Doing’ Anthropology, the Literary Turn and its Influences, the Author's Signature and Function, and the Crisis of Authority.
Abstract: iv CONTENTS v INTRODUCTION—ETHNOGRAPHIC CRITICISM 1. Hypothesis 1 2. Self-Reflective Inspiration 2 3. Outline of the Text/Literature Review 10 4. Conclusion: Revealing the ‘Magic’ in the Magic Trick 13 PART ONE: FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS CHAPTER ONE—METHODOLOGY: WRITING 1.1—Introduction: The ‘Four Archetypes’ of ‘Doing’ Anthropology 17 1.2—The Literary Turn and its Influences 18 1.3—Challenge One: The Formation, and Move Away From, Functionalist Ethnography 23 1.4—Challenge Two: The Author’s Signature and Function, and the Crisis of Authority 30 1.5—Ethnography between Fact/Fiction 36 1.6—Fact/Fiction: The Ethnographic Novel 38 1.7—Fact/Fiction: The Novel as Ethnography 52 1.8—Conclusion: The ‘How’ of Using Fiction 58 CHAPTER TWO—DATA: READING 2.1—Introduction: The ‘Why’ of Using Fiction 61 2.2—A/Theism and Literature 65 2.3—Ian McEwan and Ethical Criticism 73 2.4—‘Ethnocriticism’ and Identity Construction 85 2.5—Texts: Black Dogs and Enduring Love 93 2.6—Conclusion: A Marriage of Convenience 103 CHAPTER THREE—THEORY: DEFINING 3.1—Introduction: Discourse Analysis and the Definition of Atheism 105 3.2—Discourse Analysis and the Definition of Religion 108 3.3—A Tale of Two Discourses 115 3.4—Historical Discourse: ἄθεος and Atheism 119 3.5—Theoretical Discourse: The Positive vs. Negative Paradigm 132 3.6—Conclusion: The Process, Not a ‘Standard’ Definition 147
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis of the relations between a group of Bosnian Xoraxane Roma living in the Magliana district and the newly arrived Romanian Roma.
Abstract: The article focuses on the recent large-scale immigration of Romanian Roma to Italy and its impact on the city of Rome. This influx provoked widespread alarm, triggering xenophobic incidents by some Romans and repressive policies by the authorities. It also provoked a small ‘earthquake’ within the Romani world, since the newcomers started to occupy similar social, cultural and economic spaces to the other Roma groups already present in Rome; the result was a drastic alteration of the already delicate balance between Roma and the city of Rome. The article presents an analysis of the relations between a group of Bosnian Xoraxane Roma living in the Magliana district and the newly arrived Romanian Roma. These relations appear quite complex and ambiguous, oscillating between the unifying principle of being Roma and being categorized as Gypsies (Zingari)/Roma/nomads by Italian society, on the one hand, and the claim of specificity and differentiation between Roma groups on the other.
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16 Sep 2015
TL;DR: This article used a close examination of Chrysostom?s preaching to argue that the relational nature of the term "faith" was central to its significance for fourth century preaching as Christians considered their own faith and biblical texts.
Abstract: This study aims to establish the semantic range of ?????? (?faith?) in fourth century Christian discourse using the preaching of John Chrysostom as a source base. Against previous scholarship which sees ?????? as primarily a cognitive or propositional term referring to belief, this study uses a close examination of Chrysostom?s preaching to argue that the relational nature of the term was central to its significance for fourth century preaching as Christians considered their own faith and biblical texts. Chrysostom uses the reciprocal, relational character of ?????? to emphasise loyalty, trust and obedience to God through metaphors based upon the military, economic and household contexts of late antiquity. This study further shows that Chrysostom in turn uses these aspects of ?????? to seek to influence the everyday life of his congregation, whether to support existing behaviour (such as obedience to the emperor, or husbands, or the bishop) or to seek to transform behaviour (such as encouraging the rich to give to the poor, or masters to treat slaves better). This contextual understanding of ?????? therefore sheds light on how the relationship with God both informed and was informed by the everyday human relationships of the congregation. The study overall demonstrates the necessity of understanding Chrysostom?s view of ?????? as belonging within a reciprocal relationship, enabling a new view of Chrysostom?s preaching, faith and late antiquity to emerge.
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01 Jan 2011
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01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, Niethammer et al. describe a "nation" as a "organisation form des politischen systems" in which "the Vorstellung einer Gesellschaft als Gemeinschaft evoziert, die einen Staat besitzt, or sich in dessen Besitz befindet".
Abstract: ‚Rasse’, ‚Volk’ ‚Ethnie’, ‚Nation’, dazu ‚Kultur’ und ‚kollektive Identitat’ sind zentrale Begriffe aus dem semantischen Repertoire des modernen europaischen Nationalstaates (vgl. Koselleck/Gschnitzer/Werner 1992; Niethammer 2000). Diese Organisationsform des politischen Systems wurde im 18. Jahrhundert erdacht und im 19. Jahrhundert zunachst in Nord-Amerika und West-Europa etabliert; am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts hat sie sich als institutionelles Muster uber die ganze Welt verbreitet. Die globale Bereitschaft zur Imitation des Modells ‚Nationalstaat’ ist nicht nur seiner offenkundigen Leistungsfahigkeit als Instrument der Durchsetzung von bindenden Entscheidungen, der Monopolisierung von Gewalt und der Beschaffung von Legitimitat zuzuschreiben. Die Attraktivitat resultiert auch aus dem hohen Mobilisierungs- und Erregungspotenzial des Konstruktes ‚Nation’, das aus der ‚Bevolkerung’ eines Territoriums ein ‚Volk’ macht und mit einer Konfusion der Unterscheidung von ‚Staat’, ‚Gesellschaft’ und »Gemeinschaft’ wie kein anderes politisches System kollektive Emotionen freisetzen kann. Flankiert von Rationalitatsversprechen und Effizienzerwartungen wird mit der Idee der ‚Nation’ die Vorstellung einer Gesellschaft als Gemeinschaft evoziert, die einen Staat besitzt — oder sich in dessen Besitz befindet (vgl. Stichweh 2000, S. 50).
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