Identity Destabilised : Living in an Overheated World

Identity Destabilised : Living in an Overheated World

Eriksen, Thomas Hylland
Schober, Elizabeth

Editorial Pluto Press
Fecha de edición octubre 2016 · Edición nº 1

Idioma inglés

EAN 9780745399126
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A collection of ethnographies which explore how identity is changing as the anthropocene develops. Covers cases in the Philippines, Israel, Australia, the Cape Verde Islands and Afghanistan. Part of a number of books emerging from new wave of highly respected scholars, based upon the 'Overheating' project The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal. It is the age of the Anthropocene, of humanitys indelible mark upon the planet. In short, it is globalisation - but not as we know it. This collection explores social identities in todays '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 can indigenous peoples do to retain a sense of self in a fastmoving neoliberal world? Ethnographically rich and diverse in its scope, Identity Destabilised contains chapters
from many parts of the world, including the Philippines, Israel, Australia, the Cape Verde Islands and Afghanistan. The authors investigate identity work in 21st century settings, from rapid industrialisation, the enforced return of migrants and the silencing of indigenous groups to sudden population growth in boomtowns and the touristification of local culture. Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and a Pluto author for more than twenty years, currently directing the ERC project 'Overheating', from which this book emerges. He is President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). Elisabeth Schober is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, where she is affiliated with the 'Overheating' project. She is also the author of Base Encounters: The US Armed Forces in South Korea (Pluto Press, 2016).





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