Bhopal Raj S.
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780198568179
- eISBN:
- 9780191724091
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198568179.003.0001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
This chapter argues that humans are mentally equipped to differentiate between individuals and groups. Race and ethnicity are only two of many ways that humans differentiate and group themselves and ...
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This chapter argues that humans are mentally equipped to differentiate between individuals and groups. Race and ethnicity are only two of many ways that humans differentiate and group themselves and these are deep and lasting concepts. Topics discussed include the contemporary ways of conceptualizing race and ethnicity; overlaps and distinctions in concepts of race and ethnicity; historical evolution of the race and ethnicity concepts; and the likely evolution of the two concepts.Less
This chapter argues that humans are mentally equipped to differentiate between individuals and groups. Race and ethnicity are only two of many ways that humans differentiate and group themselves and these are deep and lasting concepts. Topics discussed include the contemporary ways of conceptualizing race and ethnicity; overlaps and distinctions in concepts of race and ethnicity; historical evolution of the race and ethnicity concepts; and the likely evolution of the two concepts.
Ewa Morawska
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199793495
- eISBN:
- 9780190254667
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199793495.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This chapter presents a number of essays which look at the issue of the ethnicity of Jewish people. The first essay compares the historical experiences of Jewish communities in different countries ...
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This chapter presents a number of essays which look at the issue of the ethnicity of Jewish people. The first essay compares the historical experiences of Jewish communities in different countries and different periods. The second one examines the divisive role of ethnicity among the Jewish people in the 1920s through analysis of the case of Russian-born writer Moissaye Olgin's step towards communism. The third looks at the analytic value of ethnicity focusing on intermarriage, group blending and ethnic group strength in immigrant Jewish societies in the U.S. The next describes verbal communication of American Jews based on the result of a 2008 sociolinguistic survey. The following essay examines the relationship between identity and ethnicity as phenomena and concepts, focusing on the experiences of Jews in the U.S. Another examines a plural dimensional aspect of ethnic research on Jews. The seventh essay examines the usefulness of the ethnicity concept in studying Jews. The last one presents research concerning Jewish ethnicity and the application of the concept of ethnicity in the study of the Jewish experience.Less
This chapter presents a number of essays which look at the issue of the ethnicity of Jewish people. The first essay compares the historical experiences of Jewish communities in different countries and different periods. The second one examines the divisive role of ethnicity among the Jewish people in the 1920s through analysis of the case of Russian-born writer Moissaye Olgin's step towards communism. The third looks at the analytic value of ethnicity focusing on intermarriage, group blending and ethnic group strength in immigrant Jewish societies in the U.S. The next describes verbal communication of American Jews based on the result of a 2008 sociolinguistic survey. The following essay examines the relationship between identity and ethnicity as phenomena and concepts, focusing on the experiences of Jews in the U.S. Another examines a plural dimensional aspect of ethnic research on Jews. The seventh essay examines the usefulness of the ethnicity concept in studying Jews. The last one presents research concerning Jewish ethnicity and the application of the concept of ethnicity in the study of the Jewish experience.
