Kinship, law, and politics : an anatomy of belonging /

Kinship, law, and politics : an anatomy of belonging /

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Author / Creator:	David, Joseph E. (Writer on law), author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 156 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	The law in context series Law in context.
Subject:	Kinship (Law) Kinship -- Political aspects. Persons (Law) Human territoriality. Domestic relations. Domestic relations. Human territoriality. Kinship (Law) Kinship -- Political aspects. Persons (Law) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12576788

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ISBN:	9781108589444 1108589448 9781108499682 9781108606967 1108606962
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2020).
Summary:	"The studies in this volume trace cases where ideas of belonging were reflected, contended, or modified through legal changes or exegetical accounts, by intellectual endeavors, polemics, or seismic shifts in worldviews. Each section of the book addresses a discrete context in which belonging is a pivotal component-the familial, the legal, and the political-and focuses on important an moment of grappling with ideas and expressions of belonging. Among these are moments of change from substance to structure, from materialism to mentalism, from personal to spatial, from theosophy to legality, and from collectivity to individuality. The cases range across different historical periods, cultural contexts, and religious traditions, from eleventh-century Mediterranean theological legal debates to twentiethcentury statist liberalism in Western societies. They address independent discursive contexts (or in Foucaultian terminology, ways of speaking) that are in no way continuous or intertwined, and no pretense is made of a link between them. Each case is an independent demonstration of a distinct effort to contend with the theme of belonging in a different setting, driven by that setting's particular concerns and challenges"--
Other form:	Print version: David, Joseph E. (Writer on law). Kinship, law, and politics Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 9781108499682

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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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 156 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781108589444 1108589448 9781108499682 9781108606967 1108606962