Ethnicity and Nationalism

Abstract

Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s second edition of Ethnicity and Nationalism comes over 10 years after the first. In light of a decade’s worth of historical and political changes, this new edition has been expanded to cover transnationalism, hybridity, and globalization, and includes a new chapter on multiculturalism, culture, and rights. The book, which is presented as a core text for social anthropology students and a leading introduction to the field, takes its theoretical standpoint from social anthropology but also draws on studies from anthropology and sociology. Its main themes remain the same as the first edition: reflexive identity and social change, identity politics, social complexity, and group dynamics ...