Nomad Properties
Political Anthropologies of Nomadism from the 18th Century until Today
What does the discourse on nomadism say about anthropological concepts of western societies? This edited volume relates historical instances of nomadism to the role of »the nomad« in political discourses and recent theoretical debates. The figure of the nomad was and still is constructed as an antagonist within a (neo-)liberal frame of narratives about sedentarism, productivity and improvement. Whereas the discourse about nomadism in the 18th and 19th century was entangled with colonial contexts and ideas about so called »primitive« societies, it became even more multifaceted in the 20th century, considering ideas about »nomadic thinking« of Deleuze or Guattari, and different forms of »modern nomadism« on the rise: from travelling day laborers to refugees of war, to scientists, to a global managerial class. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode
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300 Seiten
Kartoniert_Broschiert
Campus, 18.12.2025
Englisch
ISBN/EAN 9783593519302
Dirk Schuck, Dr. phil., is a research fellow in the project »Possession and Habit. On the Political Anthropology of Property in Western Modernity«, sub-project in the CRC »Structural Change of Property«.