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The Werner Sollors Reader: Ethnicity, Cosmopolitanism and Particularism

The Werner Sollors Reader: Ethnicity, Cosmopolitanism and Particularism

Sollors, Werner
Williams, Daniel G.

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 1399536214
ISBN13: 9781399536219
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Jan 31 2025
Pages: 480
Weight: 2.11
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

Born in Silesia, raised in the Frankfurt area and educated in Berlin, Werner Sollors has spent most of his career at Harvard University in the United States and is regarded, in Cornel West's words, 'as one of the finest scholars that we have on race and cultural hybridity in both this country and the world'. This Reader offers the first comprehensive overview of the work of a central figure in the field of ethnic studies. The pieces collected here range from Puritan New England to contemporary Germany, from 'Exodus' to Mary Antin's Promised Land, from the 'Curse of Ham' to Teju Cole. They attest to Sollors' deep historical sensibilities, his attention to textual detail and his awareness of the costs and opportunities of both cosmopolitan ideals and particularist commitments, whilst addressing a central question: why does modernisation take the form of ethnicisation in many places around the globe?

The collected essays are complemented by a detailed introduction by Daniel G. Williams which foregrounds some of the key emphases and tensions in Sollors' writings.

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