Community, Cosmopolitanism and the Problem of Human Commonality
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Vered Amit, Nigel Rapport | ISBN: | 9781849647106 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press | Publication: | June 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Vered Amit, Nigel Rapport |
| ISBN: | 9781849647106 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Publication: | June 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press |
| Language: | English |
Do notions of community remain central to our sense of who we are, or can we see beyond community closures to a human whole?*BR**BR*This volume explores the nature of contemporary sociality. It focuses on the ethical, organisational and emotional claims and opportunities sought or fashioned for mobilising and evading social collectivities in a world of mobile subjects. *BR**BR*Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport present an examination of the tensions and interactions between everyday forms of fluid fellowship, culturally normative claims to identity, and opportunities for realising a universal humanity.
Do notions of community remain central to our sense of who we are, or can we see beyond community closures to a human whole?*BR**BR*This volume explores the nature of contemporary sociality. It focuses on the ethical, organisational and emotional claims and opportunities sought or fashioned for mobilising and evading social collectivities in a world of mobile subjects. *BR**BR*Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport present an examination of the tensions and interactions between everyday forms of fluid fellowship, culturally normative claims to identity, and opportunities for realising a universal humanity.
