Kinship, Law and Politics

An Anatomy of Belonging

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Gebonden, 264 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2020
ISBN13: 9781108499682
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Cambridge University Press e druk, 2020 9781108499682
Onderdeel van serie Law in Context
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Why are we so concerned with belonging? In what ways does our belonging constitute our identity? Is belonging a universal concept or a culturally dependent value? How does belonging situate and motivate us? Joseph E. David grapples with these questions through a genealogical analysis of ideas and concepts of belonging. His book transports readers to crucial historical moments in which perceptions of belonging have been formed, transformed, or dismantled. The cases presented here focus on the pivotal role played by belonging in kinship, law, and political order, stretching across cultural and religious contexts from eleventh-century Mediterranean religious legal debates to twentieth-century statist liberalism in Western societies. With his thorough inquiry into diverse discourses of belonging, David pushes past the politics of belonging and forces us to acknowledge just how wide-ranging and fluid notions of belonging can be.

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ISBN13:9781108499682
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:264

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Part I. Kinship: 1. Corporal union as performance of belonging; 2. The making of kin belonging; Part II. Law: 3. Territorial belonging and the law; 4. Religious identity and law; Part III. Politics: 5. The familial-political analogy; 6. Liberal iconoclasm; 7. Beyond the analogy: liberal alternatives; Bibliography.

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