From Culture to Ethnicity to Conflict An Anthropological Perspective on Ethnic Conflict

Name: From Culture to Ethnicity to Conflict An Anthropological Perspective on Ethnic Conflict
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ISBN: 9780472085385

ISBN-10: 0472085387

ISBN-13: 9780472085385

Edition: 3rd 1999

Authors: Jack David Eller

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In the post-Cold War era, the most common and often the most violent conflicts are ethnic conflicts. Many people, including many scholars, see ethnic conflicts as a return to the past, as contests between ancient and well-defined groups with long-standing grievances and animosities. Jack David Eller argues instead that these conflicts are a defining phenomenon of the "new world order"--that they are, in many ways, modern-day inventions based only loosely on "traditional" cultures and hostilities. From Culture to Ethnicity to Conflict presents in-depth case studies on Sri Lanka, the Kurds, Rwanda and Burundi, Bosnia, and Quebec, along with two theoretical introductory chapters that offer…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 1/13/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



List of Maps


Preface


Introduction



Ethnicity, Culture, and "the Past"



Anthropology, Ethnicity, and the Representation of Culture



Sri Lanka: The Politics of History



The Kurds: Frustrated Nationalism



Rwanda and Burundi: When Two Tribes Go to War?



Bosnia: Of Myths and Maps



Quebec: Masters of Our Own House


Bibliography


Index