The Heart of the Matter

Hann, Chris

doi:10.1086/678184

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“…For instance, according to Huntington's Clash of Civilisations, which famously divides the world between the West and the rest, 'Greece is an anomaly, the Orthodox outsider in Western organisations ' (1998, 122). The parochial, irrational, and even violent attributes that feature in Orientalist visions of Orthodoxy have served to exclude Eastern Europe from the West, and to allegedly compromise its prospects for modernity, development, and democratisation (Hann 2014;Makrides 2005). Michael Lambek (2002, 19), on the other hand, distinguishes between immanent and transcendent manifestations of 'religion' .…”

Section: Enclosing Crosslocations: a Holy Placementioning

confidence: 99%

An Anthropology of Crosslocations

Green,

Lähteenaho,

Douzina-Bakalaki

et al. 2024

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An Anthropology of Crosslocations introduces a radical new approach to understanding location. The co-authors show that the question of where something is depends on how places are mutually connected and disconnected. The location of a place can be established by different logics, such as national borders, ecosystems, or economic zones. These different ways of classifying the relative value and significance of a place coexist and overlap: for example, national borders are regularly crosscut by ecosystems. By thinking of 'location' as a process defined by several different coexisting locating regimes, the book showcases a fresh way to think about the multiple and overlapping connections and disconnections between here and elsewhere. This approach can fundamentally revise ethnographic and anthropological views on the importance, value and significance of where people, things and animals are located and, as such, redefines the idea of ‘the field.’ The volume brings together seven anthropologists who have worked together for six years. The chapters take the reader through a series of journeys around the Mediterranean region—to North Africa, the East Mediterranean, and Southern Europe. Each chapter unfolds an ethnographic or historical account of the coexistence of different values and meanings of location in different places.

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Section: Enclosing Crosslocations: a Holy Placementioning

confidence: 99%