the twentieth century vis-à-vis colonisation. On the one hand, these scientists set up the theoretical foundations for a coherent criticism of essentialist racialism and nationalism – some of them, like Marcel Mauss, went as far as developing an
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Decolonising Durkheimian Conceptions of the International
Colonialism and Internationalism in the Durkheimian School during and after the Colonial Era
Grégoire Mallard and Jean Terrier
In Durkheimian Studies
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- 01 Dec 2021
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- Research Article
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- 3–30 (28 total)
Francis, a Criollo Pope
Valentina Napolitano
Anderson's thesis, Criollo nationalism in the Americas (and Mexico in particular) was also sacralized, rather than secularized, through its belief that all people, regardless of place of birth, were children of the same blood of Christ ( Lomnitz-Adler 2001
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2019
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- 63–80 (18 total)
Post-war Blood
Sacrifice, Anti-sacrifice, and the Rearticulations of Conflict in Sri Lanka
Neena Mahadev
Sinhala people. This racialized conception of ethnos combines with the political-cosmological principles evident in vernacular forms of Sinhala Buddhist nationalism. Anthropologists and historians of Theravāda Buddhism have pointed to the cosmological
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2019
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Rethinking Anthropological Models of Spirit Possession and Theravada Buddhism
Erick White
the general historical dynamics seen as fueling the emergence of this relatively recent modality of spirit possession. In these studies, attention has focused on the influence of nationalism, urbanization, capitalism, mass media, the growth of civil
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
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- 189–202 (14 total)
Departheid
The Draconian Governance of Illegalized Migrants in Western States
Barak Kalir
management ” (38). Frustration over the management of the demographic and racial composition of the nation, which is often manifested and channeled into neofascist forms of nationalism, is thus rooted in a sense of entitlement that White people entertain. 10
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jun 2019
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What Makes a Megaproject?
A Review of Global Hydropower Assemblages
Grant M. Gutierrez, Sarah Kelly, Joshua J. Cousins, and Christopher Sneddon
Significance for Hydropower Assemblages Symbolism Nationalism; mastering nature; renewable energy transitions; high modernism; scientism; sustainability Conflicts Geopolitical (e.g., transboundary rivers); international financing and ownership
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2019
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- Review Article
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- 101–121 (21 total)
Towards Dalit Ecologies
Indulata Prasad
, G. 2005 . Interpreting Kerala's Social Development . New Delhi : Critical Quest . Aloysius , G. 2010 . Nationalism without a Nation in India . Oxford : Oxford University Press . Ambedkar , B. R. 1979a . Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2022
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Introduction
Legacies, Trajectories, and Comparison in the Anthropology of Buddhism
Nicolas Sihlé and Patrice Ladwig
by Galmiche (2011) , a sociologist of religion. 9 For a critical overview of the Buddhist gift and other forms of transfer, see Sihlé (2015b) . 10 Beyond nationalism, these modernist forms have been characterized by rationalism and ‘Protestant
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
- Article Type:
- Introduction
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- 109–128 (20 total)
Book Reviews
Jack Hunter, Annelin Eriksen, Jon Mitchell, Mattijs van de Port, Magnus Course, Nicolás Panotto, Ruth Barcan, David M. R. Orr, Girish Daswani, Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Sofía Ugarte, Ryan J. Cook, Bettina E. Schmidt, and Mylene Mizrahi
Protestant migrants in the Bahamas? How does the Kretyen behavior help migrants reflect upon new forms of Haitian citizenship and nationalism? Bertin M. Louis, Jr., seeks to answer these questions in his ethnography of Haitian Protestant migrants in the
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2018
- Article Type:
- Book Review
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- 192–217 (26 total)
Danger, Moral Opacity, and Outrage
Fear of Jihadism and the Terrorist Threat in Southern Mali
Tone Sommerfelt
. Lebovich , Andrew . 2013 . “ Mali’s Sleeper Cell .” African Arguments , 13 May . http://africanarguments.org/2013/05/30/malis-sleeper-cell-by-andrew-lebovich . Lecocq , Baz . 2010 . Disputed Desert: Decolonisation, Competing Nationalisms and
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jan 2018
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- 23–39 (17 total)