Multiscalar Narrative Identities Individual and Nation, Europe and Eurasia

The paper explores narratives of identity on multiple scales between the individualand the Eurasian landmass, taking the various identities of Cracow‑born anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski as a leitmotiv to illustrate the main arguments. Apart from being a cultural Pole and an Austrian (later Brit...

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Published inPoliteja Vol. 14; no. 49; pp. 15 - 36
Main Author Hann, Chris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Krakow KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o 01.01.2017
Academia Publishers
Księgarnia Akademicka Sp. z o. o
Ksiegarnia Akademicka sp z o.o
Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
Subjects
Anthropology
Bronisław Malinowski
Cultural anthropology
Cultural identity
Economic anthropology
Ethnic identity
Ethnocentrism
Eurasia
Eurocentrism
European narratives
Gemeinschaft
Goody, Jack
Identity
Jack Goody
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper (1884-1942)
Marxian economics
NARRACJE O EUROPIE
narrative identities
Narratives
Nationalism
Neoliberalism
Political identity
Politics
Social identity
Socialism
Sociology of Politics
Eurasia
Europe
Bronisław Malinowski
Jack Goody
narrative identities
Eurasia
world society
Gemeinschaft
European narratives
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Summary:The paper explores narratives of identity on multiple scales between the individualand the Eurasian landmass, taking the various identities of Cracow‑born anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski as a leitmotiv to illustrate the main arguments. Apart from being a cultural Pole and an Austrian (later British) subject, Malinowski was a typical European intellectual of his age. At the end of his life in the United States, he appealed to the values of European civilization to overcome the Nazi horrors. Subjectively he identified strongly with Poland, even though his career was built elsewhere. We could say that Poland was his Gemeinschaft. Although we can only speculate on what he would say today about neoliberal political economy and the construction of an ever more rigorously demarcated ‘Fortress Europe’, the author argues that Malinowski’s emphasis on the values of European civilization was ethnocentric. It is important to correct Eurocentrism by recognizing the commonalities of civilizations across the Eurasian landmass.
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ISSN:1733-6716
2391-6737
DOI:10.12797/Politeja.14.2017.49.02