L'approche constructiviste de l'ethnicité et ses ambiguïtés

In the second half of the 20th century, the constructivist approach gradually became the dominant paradigm for the analysis of ethnic phenomenon. This approach is opposed to a so-called “primordialist” approach of ethnic groups, and critique of the latter has become a mandatory step for studies in t...

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Main Authors: Philippe Poutignat, Jocelyne Streiff-Fénart
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Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre 2015-10-01
Series:Terrains/Théories
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/teth/581
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description In the second half of the 20th century, the constructivist approach gradually became the dominant paradigm for the analysis of ethnic phenomenon. This approach is opposed to a so-called “primordialist” approach of ethnic groups, and critique of the latter has become a mandatory step for studies in the field. In fact, most researchers comply with understanding ethnicity as the work of creating groups and maintaining borders between Us and Them. However a number of ambiguities and misunderstandings remain despite this consensus. The paper tries to shed light on these ambiguities by relying on the text of F. Barth (Introduction to Ethnic Groups and Boundaries, 1969), often quoted as the foundational moment of a constructivist approach, which is not, in itself, devoid of ambiguities.
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spelling doaj-art-6779fdfe05d34c4297f65766612d14ff2025-08-20T02:02:32ZfraPresses universitaires de Paris NanterreTerrains/Théories2427-91882015-10-01310.4000/teth.581L'approche constructiviste de l'ethnicité et ses ambiguïtésPhilippe PoutignatJocelyne Streiff-FénartIn the second half of the 20th century, the constructivist approach gradually became the dominant paradigm for the analysis of ethnic phenomenon. This approach is opposed to a so-called “primordialist” approach of ethnic groups, and critique of the latter has become a mandatory step for studies in the field. In fact, most researchers comply with understanding ethnicity as the work of creating groups and maintaining borders between Us and Them. However a number of ambiguities and misunderstandings remain despite this consensus. The paper tries to shed light on these ambiguities by relying on the text of F. Barth (Introduction to Ethnic Groups and Boundaries, 1969), often quoted as the foundational moment of a constructivist approach, which is not, in itself, devoid of ambiguities.https://journals.openedition.org/teth/581EthnicityBarthconstructivism
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constructivism
title L'approche constructiviste de l'ethnicité et ses ambiguïtés
title_full L'approche constructiviste de l'ethnicité et ses ambiguïtés
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title_short L'approche constructiviste de l'ethnicité et ses ambiguïtés
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Barth
constructivism
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