The Politics of Making Kinship

Name: The Politics of Making Kinship
Brand: Berghahn Books
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By Erdmute Alber

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The long tradition of Western political thought included kinship in models of public order, but the social sciences excised it from theories of the state, public sphere, and democratic order. Kinship has, however, neither completely disappeared from the political cultures of the West nor played the determining social and political role ascribed to it elsewhere. Exploring the issues that arise once the divide between kinship and politics is no longer taken for granted, The Politics of Making Kinship demonstrates how political processes have shaped concepts of kinship over time and, conversely, how political projects have been shaped by specific understandings, idioms and uses of kinship. Taking vantage points from the post-Roman era to early modernity, and from colonial imperialism to the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond this international set of scholars place kinship centerstage and reintegrate it with political theory.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 448
Release Date:: 2025-10-01
Publication Date:: 2025-10-01
Publisher:: Berghahn Books
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1836950764
ISBN13:: 9781836950769
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 644 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 229 cm
Thickness:: 24 cm

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