This book traces narratives of belonging around the globe from a political theory perspective. It highlights that such narratives have developed within the context of cultural exchange and relationality, i.e. transgressing space and time and embedded in relations between material and immaterial objects. These narratives are formed transculturally, forcing people to re-consider, re-negotiate, and re-evaluate their thoughts about community and belonging over time and often leading to changes and ruptures. In getting a deeper understanding of such exchanges of personal and intellectual constellations, this volume identifies potential anthropological constants in global thinking about belonging. Despite different linguistic, spatial, and cultural socialisations, trying to establish ways of living together that offer ontological security seems intrinsic to human life. Insights into what unites people, rather than divides them, might proof beneficial in finding ways for more sustainable peaceful human relations.

Includes both macro- and micro-level case studies from across the globe Reconsiders the traditional reading of identity within political theory Written by scholars from multiple disciplines, including political science, literature, and anthropology

Autorentext

Hartmut Behr is Professor of International Relations at Newcastle University, UK. He is co-series editor of Global Political Thinkers.

Felix Rösch is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK. He is co-series editor of Global Political Thinkers.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction: Narratives of Belonging and Peace. Interrelations between Ontological-Epistemological Observations and Narrative Methodology.- Chapter 2: Peace and Belonging in Aboriginal Australia: A Political Cosmography.- Chapter 3: A Confucian Approach to Love and Peace: Benevolence and Solidarity in the Politics of Belonging.- Chapter 4: Peace, Liminality, and Discourses of Identity in Central European Late Modernity.- Chapter 5: Born of the Earth: Autochthony in the Colonial and Decolonial Struggles of the Caucasus.- Chapter 6: Beyond Identity? Narratives of Belonging and Peace in South Asia.- Chapter 7: Transcending Boundaries for Peace: Pluralist Theology, Shsaku End, and Global IR.- Chapter 8: Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Social Emancipation and the Decolonization of Knowledge in.- Chapter 9: Peacebuilding or Excluding Others: Rethinking Cultural Institutions' Roles Focusing on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List and Food Museums in East Asia .