Cultural Intimacy

Social Poetics and the Real Life of States, Societies, and Institutions

Bibliographic Data

ID19002071
AuthorsMichael Herzfeld
Year2016
Publication date2016-03-02
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCultural Intimacy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315647289
OpenAlexW4242966207
Open LibraryOL36219268M
ISBN9781315647289
LanguageEN
Citations received125

In the third edition of this important and influential book, Michael Herzfeld revisits the idea of ‘cultural intimacy’. The chapters examine a range of topics touching on the relationship between state and citizen, and the notion of ‘national character’. Herzfeld provides a developed theoretical framework and additional clarification of core concepts such as disemia, social poetics and structural nostalgia. The text has been fully updated in light of recent scholarship and events, including comment on Greece and the European Union. There is new material drawn from regions such as Thailand and China, and further consideration of religious intimacy and its impact on cities. The book improves our understanding of how states, societies and institutions function and illustrates the relevance of anthropology to contemporary issues such as globalization, censorship, ethnic conflict and nationalism

Sociology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology · Anthropology · Cultural · Cultural Policy · Ethnicité · Ethnicity · Group identity · Identité collective · Minorities · Nation · Nation-state · Nations · Political science · Popular Culture · Public policy · Social Science

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