Этничность без групп

by Rogers Brubaker, Роджерс Брубейкер, Ирина Борисова (Translator)

Журналисты, политики и исследователи описывают этнические, расовые и национальные конфликты как борьбу внутренне однородных этнических групп, отделенных от других подобных групп непроницаемыми границами.
В своей книге американский социолог бросает вызов этому общепринятому "группизму". Но он не просто обращается к стандартным конструктивистским метафорам "текучести" и "множественности" идентичности. Конструктивизм сам превратился в набор клише. Настоящая книга предлагает перейти от изучения идентичности к изучению идентификации, от групп к проектам создания групп, от общей культуры к категоризации, от сущности к процессу. Брубейкер показывает, что этничность, раса и нация представляют собой не объекты внешнего мира, а способы его видения, интерпретации и репрезентации.

Genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, Politics, Anthropology, Social Science, Race, International Relations

408 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 2004

About the author

American sociologist, and professor at University of California, Los Angeles. He has written academic works on ethnicity, nationalism, and citizenship.

Reviews

[Wessel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I can follow Brubaker to a certain degree, he's another typical example of an idealist who takes his/her constructivist approach to far. Even if Ethnicity 'only exists in our perceptions' that does not make it any less real as an entity that shapes human actions and therefore history.

Besides that, I found the book to be poorly written especially the theoretical parts where Brubaker simply uses to much words to describe what he wants. He did so probably to be more precise, but it makes it really hard to read and at some points it simply hinders for understanding what he exactly is trying to say.

[Hugolane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A useful collection of articles that raises a number of important points relating to how ethnicity is used and discussed in various discourses. The essay on Identity co-written with Fred Cooper is especially thought provoking in its detailed analysis of a very complicated term. The discussion of ethnic violence also stands out, but that is cherry-picking the articles that intersected most with my now scholarly interests.

[Benemint · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a collection of brilliant, thought-provoking articles on nationalism/ethnicity studies. He does not stop at the constructivist view, but pushes further to integrate the cognitive theory.

[Jim Flora · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Ethnicity Without Groups" and "Ethnicity as Cognition" are required reading for anyone interested in issues surrounding the study of ethnicity/race/nationalism.

[Hal]

Recommended by Henning

[Jonathan Lerdau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh

[Dimitrii Ivanov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Собрание статей, на хорошем теоретическом уровне - в основе которого лежит значительный опыт исследований "на земле" - корректирующих многие расхожие представления об этничности, её проявлениях и т.д.

[Sena · Rating 4 out of 5]

challenging!

[Joshua]

Glenn Loury recommends this book here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By7Zo... and in several other talks of his.

[Felipe · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a guidebook for social sciences. it is hard to make social statements after reading it, though. probably my best read this year.