ISBN:
9781108589444
,
9781108499682
,
9781108731065
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 156 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Series Statement:
The Law in context series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als David, Joseph Kinship, law, and politics
DDC:
346.01
Keywords:
Kinship (Law)
;
Kinship Political aspects
;
Persons (Law)
;
Human territoriality
;
Domestic relations
;
Kinship (Law)
;
Kinship ; Political aspects
;
Persons (Law)
;
Human territoriality
;
Domestic relations
;
Soziale Identität
;
Politische Identität
;
Religiöse Identität
Abstract:
Why are we so concerned with belonging? In what ways does our belonging constitute our identity? Is belonging a universal concept or a culturally dependent value? How does belonging situate and motivate us? Joseph E. David grapples with these questions through a genealogical analysis of ideas and concepts of belonging. His book transports readers to crucial historical moments in which perceptions of belonging have been formed, transformed, or dismantled. The cases presented here focus on the pivotal role played by belonging in kinship, law, and political order, stretching across cultural and religious contexts from eleventh-century Mediterranean religious legal debates to twentieth-century statist liberalism in Western societies. With his thorough inquiry into diverse discourses of belonging, David pushes past the politics of belonging and forces us to acknowledge just how wide-ranging and fluid notions of belonging can be.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2020)
DOI:
10.1017/9781108589444
