Nomad Properties

Zusatztext

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

Autorenportrait

Anna Möllers, Dr. phil., is a research assistant, Department History, at the University of Erfurt. 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'. Bernhard Kleeberg is professor for History of Science at the University of Erfurt.

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