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In this follow up to their widely read earlier volume, The Trouble with Community, Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport ask: 'Do notions of community remain central to our sense of who we are, in the dislocating context of globalization, or can we see beyond community closures to a human whole?'

This volume explores the variable nature of contemporary sociality. It focuses on the ethical, organizational and emotional claims and opportunities sought or fashioned for mobilizing and evading social collectivities in a world of mobile subjects. Here is an examination of the tensions and interactions between everyday forms of fluid fellowship, culturally normative claims to identity, and opportunities for realizing a universal humanity. The book offers a new perspective on human commonality through a dialogue between two eminent anthropologists who come from distinct, but complementary positions.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780745329031
  • ISBN-10: 0745329039
  • Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
  • Publish Date: June 2012
  • Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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