Bibliograph

Kinship, law, and politics, an anatomy of belonging, Joseph E. David

Type

Label

Kinship, law, and politics, an anatomy of belonging, Joseph E. David

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kinship, law, and politics

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1123188261

Responsibility statement

Joseph E. David

Series statement

The Law in context seriesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

an anatomy of belonging

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

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

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