Gunther Schlee

Broschiertes Buch

How Enemies Are Made

Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict

Beschreibung

In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory.

Autor

Günther Schlee was a Professor at Bielefeld until 1999. He currently is the director of the section Integration and Conflict at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, focusing on Africa, Central Asia, and Europe. His publications include Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya (International African Institute, 1989), How Enemies are Made (Berghahn, 2008), Rendille Proverbs in their Social and legal Context (with Karaba Sahado) and Boran Proverbs in their Cultural Context (with Abdullahi Shongolo) (both Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe).

Produktdetails

• Integration and Conflict Studies
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781845457792
• ISBN-10: 184545779X
• Artikelnr.: 38025977