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Identity Destabilised Living in an Overheated World

Paperback • 2016 • English

Identity Destabilised Living in an Overheated World

By Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Elisabeth Schober

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About the book

The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal. It is the age of the Anthropocene, of humanity's indelible mark upon the planet. In short, it is globalisation - but not as we know it. This collection explores social identities in today's '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 i...Show more

Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Anthropology
Social and cultural anthropology

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ISBN

9780745399126

Publisher

Pluto Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Identity Destabilised Living in an Overheated World

Format

Paperback

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