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Talking Culture: New Boundaries, New Rhetorics of Exclusion in Europe

01 Jan 2013-pp 69-96
TL;DR: In the contemporary debate concerning European integration and the "problem" of Third World immigration no less than in developments in anthropology in the past decade, the boundedness of cultures has been emphasized as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the contemporary debate concerning European integration and the “problem” of Third World immigration no less than in developments in anthropology in the past decade, the boundedness of cultures ...
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TL;DR: In this article, a reflexion sur le pouvoir d'extension infinie de la narration analytique, and sur la place tout a fait interessante qu'occupe le droit de propriete dans un monde apparemment sans limites is presented.
Abstract: Les nouvelles technologies ont rouvert un vieux debat concernant les descriptions de la vie sociale et les approches considerees novatrices ou surranees. Repondant a l'appel lance par Latour, qui prone une anthropologie symetrique reunissant les formes de savoir modernes et non-modernes, l'article considere les concepts d'hybride et de reseau tels qu'ils sont utilises aujourd'hui. Ce faisant, il presente une reflexion sur le pouvoir d'extension infinie de la narration analytique, et sur la place tout a fait interessante qu'occupe le droit de propriete dans un monde apparemment sans limites

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21 May 2007
TL;DR: Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE: Multiculturalism without Culture 11 CHAPTER TWO: Between Culture and Cosmos 42 CHAPTER THREE: What's Wrong with Cultural Defence?
Abstract: Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE: Multiculturalism without Culture 11 CHAPTER TWO: Between Culture and Cosmos 42 CHAPTER THREE: What's Wrong with Cultural Defence? 73 CHAPTER FOUR: Autonomy, Coercion, and Constraint 100 CHAPTER FIVE: Exit and Voice 133 CHAPTER SIX: Multiculturalism without Groups? 158 Bibliography 181 Index 191

672 citations

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TL;DR: Theories of collective action have undergone a number of paradigm shifts, from "mass behavior" to "resource mobilization,” "political process, and new social movements" as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: ▪ Abstract Theories of collective action have undergone a number of paradigm shifts, from “mass behavior” to “resource mobilization,” “political process,” and “new social movements.” Debates have centered on the applicability of these frameworks in diverse settings, on the periodization of collective action, on the divisive or unifying impact of identity politics, and on the appropriateness of political engagement by researchers. Transnational activist networks are developing new protest repertoires that challenge anthropologists and other scholars to rethink conventional approaches to social movements.

425 citations

Book
01 Jul 2011
TL;DR: Lentin and Titley as discussed by the authors argue that what we are witnessing is not so much a rejection of multiculturalism as a reject of lived multiculture, and that the crisis is a projection of neoliberal societies' disjunctures.
Abstract: Across the West, something called multiculturalism is in crisis. Regarded as the failed experiment of liberal elites, commentators and politicians compete to denounce its corrosive legacies; parallel communities threatening social cohesion, enemies within cultivated by irresponsible cultural relativism, mediaeval practices subverting national 'ways of life' and universal values. In beautifully belligerent writing, this unique and important new book forcefully challenges this familiar narrative of the rise and fall of multiculturalism by refuting the existence of a coherent era of 'multiculturalism' in the first place. After an inspiring foreword by Guardian-journalist Gary Younge, the authors argue that what we are witnessing is not so much a rejection of multiculturalism as a rejection of lived multiculture. In documenting mainstream racism and the anxieties that inform it, Lentin and Titley show that the crisis is a projection of neoliberal societies' disjunctures. This book combines theory with a reading of contemporary events and argues that challenging this notion provides activists with a chance to ultimately transcend resurgent racism. Review

399 citations

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TL;DR: The authors compared the relative salience or configuration of symbolic boundaries in 21 European countries. But the results indicate that the symbolic boundaries deployed by the general public do not correspond to the official "philosophies of integration" emphasized in the literature, and the data suggest previous comparisons have focused too heavily on Western Europe, overlooking important variation in other regions of Europe where immigration began more recen
Abstract: Recent studies report significant cross-national variation in the conceptual distinctions or “symbolic boundaries” used by majority groups to construct notions of “us” and “them” Because this literature compares only a handful of countries, the macro-level forces by which certain symbolic boundaries become more salient than others remain poorly understood This article provides the first panorama of these processes by comparing the relative salience or “configuration” of multiple symbolic boundaries in 21 European countries I use fuzzy-set analyses of data from the 2003 European Social Survey to create a typology of symbolic boundary configurations The results indicate that the symbolic boundaries deployed by the general public do not correspond to the official “philosophies of integration” emphasized in the literature Moreover, the data suggest previous comparisons have focused too heavily on Western Europe, overlooking important variation in other regions of Europe where immigration began more recen

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TL;DR: This assumed isomorphism of space, place, and culture results in some significant problems. as mentioned in this paper argues that differences between cultures come about not from their isolation from each other, but because of their connections with each other.
Abstract: This assumed isomorphism of space, place, and culture results in some significant problems. First, there is the issue of those who inhabit the border, what Gloria Anzaldua calls the “narrow strip along steep edges” of national boundaries. The fiction ofconclusion that a focus on people who live in the borders between dominant societies or nations (and here borders is also a metaphor for people who identify, culturally, with more than one group) makes clear the fact that differences between cultures come about not because of their isolation from each other, but because of their connections with each other. Such a conclusion also suggests that along with difference comes the hierarchies of power. Culture is not only a concept that expresses difference between peoples, but also a concept that masks the uneven power relations between peoples, and these uneven power relations can only exist through connection, rather than isolation.

2,870 citations