Kinship, law, and politics : an anatomy of belonging / Joseph E. David.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

David, Joseph E. (Writer on law), author.

Series:

Law in context

The Law in context series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kinship (Law).

Kinship--Political aspects.

Kinship.

Persons (Law).

Human territoriality.

Domestic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 156 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Why are we so concerned with belonging? In what ways does our belonging constitute our identity? Is belonging a universal concept or a culturally dependent value? How does belonging situate and motivate us? Joseph E. David grapples with these questions through a genealogical analysis of ideas and concepts of belonging. His book transports readers to crucial historical moments in which perceptions of belonging have been formed, transformed, or dismantled. The cases presented here focus on the pivotal role played by belonging in kinship, law, and political order, stretching across cultural and religious contexts from eleventh-century Mediterranean religious legal debates to twentieth-century statist liberalism in Western societies. With his thorough inquiry into diverse discourses of belonging, David pushes past the politics of belonging and forces us to acknowledge just how wide-ranging and fluid notions of belonging can be.

Contents:

Corporal union as performance of belonging

The making of kin belonging

Territorial belonging and the law

Religious identity and law

The familial

political analogy

Liberal iconoclasm

Beyond the analogy : liberal alternatives.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108589444

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.