Multiscalar Narrative Identities
Individual and Nation, Europe and Eurasia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8045815 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Hann (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4(49 |
| Pages | 15-36 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politeja (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1733-6716 • E-ISSN: 2391-6737 |
| Publisher | Księgarna Akademicka (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.12797/politeja.14.2017.49.02 |
| OpenAlex | W2793995693 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
The paper explores narratives of identity on multiple scales between the individual and the Eurasian landmass, taking the various identities of Cracow‐born anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski as a leitmotiv to illustrate the main arguments. Apart from being a cultural Pole and an Austrian (later British) subject, Malinowski was a typical European intellectual of his age. At the end of his life in the United States, he appealed to the values of European civilization to overcome the Nazi horrors. Subjectively he identified strongly with Poland, even though his career was built elsewhere. We could say that Poland was his Gemeinschaft. Although we can only speculate on what he would say today about neoliberal political economy and the construction of an ever more rigorously demarcated ‘Fortress Europe’, the author argues that Malinowski’s emphasis on the values of European civilization was ethnocentric. It is important to correct Eurocentrism by recognizing the commonalities of civilizations across the Eurasian landmass
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The East in the West
Cooking, Cuisine and Class
The Axial Age and Its Consequences
Resistance and Revolution
The Theft of History
Frontline Ukraine
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next
Axial Civilizations and World History
Integration and Disintegration
A Concept of Eurasia
International regimes, transactions, and change
The Intellectual Adventure of Henri Frankfort
Conversations with a Polish populist
Gordon Childe, the Urban Revolution, and the Haute Cuisine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |