内容简介
Ethnicityandnationalismarepervasivefeaturesofthecontemporaryworld,buthowfarisethnicityaresultofculturaldifferences,andhowmuchisitinfactdependentonthepracticaluseof,andbeliefin,suchdifferences?Inthisbook,ThomasHyll
作者简介
ThomasHyllandEriksenisananthropologistbasedattheDepartmentofSocialAnthropology,UniversityofOslo,Norway.Hisworkismotivatedbyadoubleconcern:tounderstandthepresentworld,andtounderstandwhatitmeanstobehuman.Muchofhisworkiscomparativeandinterdisciplinary.Hisresearchhasinvolvedfieldworkinseveralethnicallyandculturallycomplexsocieties,andheiscurrentlydirectingaresearchprojectbasedinasuburbofOslo.Hehaswrittenextensivelyaboutethnicityandthedynamicsofcultureandidentity,nationalismandthepoliticsofidentity,cosmopolitanismandhumanrights,globalisationanditsimplicationsforthestudyofcultureandsociety.Hehasalsopublishedseveraltextbooksinanthropologyandrelatedsubjects.Apartfromhisacademicpublications,Eriksenalsowritesessaysandmiscellaneousnonfictionintendedforthegeneralreader,andoccasionallycontributestothepresswithabookrevieworapolemicalintervention.
