Thomas Hylland Eriksen 
Ethnicity and Nationalism [EPUB ebook] 
Anthropological Perspectives

Is ethnicity a result of cultural differences? Is ethnicity dependent on the practical use and belief in cultural differences? Drawing on a wide-range of classic and recent studies in anthropology and sociology, Thomas Hylland Eriksen examines the relationship between ethnicity, class, gender and nationhood.



Using the question ‘What is ethnicity?’ as his starting point, Eriksen examines the interplay between ideology and ethnicity, how the Internet impacts understanding of ethnicity, identity politics, and the commercialisation of identity. Through this, he reveals that far from being an immutable property of groups, ethnicity is a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relationships.



A core text for all students of social anthropology and related subjects, Ethnicity and Nationalism has been a leading introduction to the field since its original publication in 1993. This new edition – expanded and thoroughly revised – is indispensable to anyone seriously interested in understanding ethnic phenomena.

Cuprins

Series preface

Preface to the third edition

Preface to the second edition

Preface to the first edition

1. What is ethnicity?

2. Ethnic classification: Us and Them

3. The social organisation of cultural distinctiveness

4. Ethnic identification and ideology

5. Ethnicity in history

6. Nationalism

7. Minorities and the state

8. Identity politics, culture and rights

9. The non-ethnic

Bibliography

Index

Despre autor

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).