Afterword

Between Self and Other

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2145114
AutoresP Stoller (0000-0002-6987-5708, West Chester University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume30
Fascículo4
Páginas419-425
Data de publicação2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropological Forum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0066-4677 • E-ISSN: 1469-2902
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00664677.2020.1854174
OpenAlexW3117434183
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas13

In the thought-provoking papers that constitute ‘Stranger Races: Reflections on Alterity in Constructions of the Self’, the authors make clear that our always already social confrontation with alterity is complex, multifaceted and context sensitive. They also make clear that thinking about alterity is a central, if not the central, element of anthropological study, an endeavour that sheds light on such socially destructive forces as primitivism, essentialism, racism, and ethnic and religious discrimination. In the essays, the authors also stress, albeit indirectly, that the dynamic linkages between self and other cannot be reduced a set of rules or an abstract formula. Indeed, the tangled nature of processes that play out in the construction of identity cry out for ethnographic elaboration. For me, the most important contribution that the authors make devolves from their exploration of the turbulent conceptual space between self and other. It is the space between self and other that is important to explore. As the essays in this special issue demonstrate, in the creative space between self and other, we are able to extend anthropological practice to the public domain in order to showcase alternatives to xenophobia and prejudice and to advocate for social practices that celebrate mutual respect. That is a path that leads to a powerfully productive anthropological future

Aesthetics · Alterity · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Essentialism · Ethnography · Identity (music · Racism · Self · Sociology · Xenophobia · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy