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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812803203321

Titolo

Antisemitism and the constitution of sociology / / edited and with an introduction by Marcel Stoetzler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8032-6671-5

0-8032-6670-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (773 p.)

Classificazione

SOC049000SOC026000

Disciplina

305.892/4

Soggetti

Antisemitism - History

Sociology - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. The Antisemitic Contexts of Sociology's Emergence; 1. Durkheim's Sociology and French Antisemitism; 2. Sociology's Case for a Well-Tempered Modernity; 3. Fairness as an Impetus for Objective, Scientific Social Research Methods; 4. Coldly Admiring the Jews; Part 2. Sociology's Reaction to Antisemitism; 5. Rereading Marx on the "Jewish Question"; 6. From Assimilationist Antiracism to Zionist Anti-antisemitism; 7. The Rise of Sociology, Antisemitism, and the Jewish Question

8. Civilization(s), Ethnoracism, Antisemitism, SociologyPart 3. The Reformulation of Sociology in the Face of Fascist Antisemitism; 9. Talcott Parsons's "The Sociology of Modern Anti-Semitism"; 10. The Irrationality of the Rational; 11. Gino Germani, Argentine Sociology, and the Study of Antisemitism; 12. Antisemitism and the Power of Abstraction; Conclusion; Contributors; Index; About the Editor

Sommario/riassunto

"Modern antisemitism and the modern discipline of sociology not only emerged in the same period, but--antagonism and hostility between the two discourses notwithstanding--also overlapped and complemented each other. Sociology emerged in a society where modernization was often perceived as destroying unity and "social



cohesion." Antisemitism was likewise a response to the modern age, offering in its vilifications of "the Jew" an explanation of society's deficiencies and crises.  Antisemitism and the Constitution of Sociology is a collection of twelve essays providing a comparative analysis of modern antisemitism and the rise of sociology. This volume addresses three key areas: the strong influence of writers of Jewish background and the rising tide of antisemitism on the formation of sociology; the role of antisemitism in the historical development of sociology through its treatment by leading figures in the field, such as Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, and Theodor W. Adorno; and the discipline's development in the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust. Together the essays provide a fresh perspective on the history of sociology and the role that antisemitism, Jews, fascism, and the Holocaust played in shaping modern social theory.  "--

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437828503321

Titolo

African Ethnobotany in the Americas / / edited by Robert Voeks, John Rashford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-64016-3

1-4614-0836-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Life sciences African ethnobotany in the Americas

Altri autori (Persone)

VoeksRobert

RashfordJohn

Disciplina

581.630899607

Soggetti

Botany

Botanical chemistry

Plants - Development

Plant physiology

Plant genetics

Plant Science

Plant Biochemistry

Plant Development

Plant Physiology

Plant Genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Seeds of Memory: Botanical Legacies of the African Diaspora -- Did Enslaved Africans Spark South Carolina’s 18th-Century Rice Boom? -- African Origins of Sesame Cultivation in the Americas -- By the Rivers of Babylon: The Lowcountry Basket in Slavery and Freedom -- Gathering, Buying, and Growing Sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia sericea): Urbanization and Social Networking in the Sweetgrass Basket-Making Industry of Lowcountry South Carolina -- Marketing, Culture and Conservation Value of NTFPs: A Case Study of Afro-Ecuadorian Use of Piquigua (Heteropsis ecuadorensis, Araceae) -- Berimbau de Barriga: Musical Ethnobotany of the Afro-Brazilian Diaspora -- Trans-Atlantic Diaspora Ethnobotany: Legacies of West African and Iberian Mediterranean Migration in Central Cuba -- What Makes a Plant Magical? Symbolism and Sacred Herbs in Afro-Surinamese Winti Rituals -- Medicinal and Cooling Teas of Barbados -- Candomble's Cosmic Tree and Brazil's Ficus Species -- Exploring Biocultural Contexts: Comparative Woody Plant Knowledge of an Indigenous and Afro-American Maroon Community in Suriname, South America -- Ethnobotany of Brazil’s African Diaspora: The Role of Floristic Homogenization.

Sommario/riassunto

African Ethnobotany in the Americas provides the first comprehensive examination of ethnobotanical knowledge and skills among the African Diaspora in the Americas. Leading scholars on the subject explore the complex relationship between plant use and meaning among the descendants of Africans in the New World. With the aid of archival and field research carried out in North America, South America, and the Caribbean, contributors explore the historical, environmental, and political-ecological factors that facilitated/hindered  transatlantic ethnobotanical diffusion; the role of Africans as active agents of plant and plant knowledge transfer during the period of plantation slavery in the Americas; the significance of cultural resistance in refining and redefining plant-based traditions; the principal categories of plant use that resulted; the exchange of knowledge among Amerindian, European and other African peoples; and the changing significance of  African-American ethnobotanical traditions in the 21st century.   Bolstered by abundant visual content and contributions from renowned experts in the field, African Ethnobotany in the Americas is an invaluable resource for students, scientists, and researchers in the field of ethnobotany and African Diaspora studies.