Intensifying and De-intensifying Distinctions: A Meditation on Imagining the Form of a Border

In this article I explore different ways of imagining distinctions in the form of borders and on the attitudes that people assume towards them. A distinction is primarily a cognitive operation, but appears as such in human communication (people talking about differences and identities), and in const...

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Main Author: Terpstra, Marin 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 493-515
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Distinction / Boundary / Perception
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
ZB Sociology
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Conflict
B Transgression
B distinctions
B Identity
B Borders
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