Transcommunality : from the politics of conversion to the ethics of respect / [edited by] John Brown Childs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Childs, John Brown.

Series:

Critical Perspectives On The P

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

Communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this original and collaborative creation, John Brown-Childs offers unique insights into some of the central problems facing communities, social movements, and people who desire social change: how does one build a movement that can account for race, class and gender, and yet still operate across all of these lines? How can communities sustain themselves in truly social ways? And perhaps most important, how can we take the importance of community into account without forgoing the important distinctions that we all ascribe to ourselves as individuals?Borrowing from the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquo

Contents:

Contents; Transcommunality: From the Politics of Conversion to the Ethics of Respect; First Words; 1. Introduction; 2. Red Clay, Blue Hills: In Honor of My Ancestors; 3. Emplacements of Affiliation; 4. Learning from the Haudenosaunee; 5. Elements of Transcommunality; 6. Roots of Cooperation; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Commentaries; A Quipu String of Commentaries: Some Reflections; Transcommunality: Beyond Tolerance, for Understanding; Places and Transcommunality: A Comment on John Brown Childs's Idea of the Transcommunal

Language of Space: The Territorial Roots of the Indigenous Community in Relation to TranscommunalityTranscommunality in a Global World; Transcommunality as a Foundation for Globalization from Below; On Transcommunality and Models of Community; Pragmatic Solidarity and Transcommunality; Inclusive Difference: Transcommunality and the Hope for a Just World; Transcommunality: Politics, Culture, and Practice; One Love: Transcommunality among the Hip Hop Generation; Transcommunal Practice in Northern Ireland; Transcommunality as Spiritual Practice; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781592130054

1592130054

9781592138456

1592138454

OCLC:

646067869