Kinship, law, and politics: an anatomy of belonging

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 co...

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1. Verfasser: David, Joseph ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:Law in context
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Zusammenfassung: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
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Corporal union as performance of belonging -- The making of kin belonging -- Territorial belonging and the law -- Religious identity and law -- The familial--political analogy -- Liberal iconoclasm --Beyond the analogy : liberal alternatives
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 156 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108589444
DOI:10.1017/9781108589444

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