Michael Moerman’s research while affiliated with University of California, Los Angeles and other places

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Reply to Naroll
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October 2009

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American Anthropologist

Michael Moerman

Ethnic Identification in a Complex Civilization: Who Are the Lue?

October 2009

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American Anthropologist

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... For example, as early as 1960, Immanuel Wallerstein wrote that "[m]embership in an ethnic group is a matter of social definition, an interplay of the self-definition of members and the definition of other groups" (1960: 131). Very similar formulations can also be found in the works of Seymour Parekh (1964), Joseph Bram (1965), John N. Paden (1967) and especially Michael Moerman (1965Moerman ( , 1967Moerman ( , 1968. The latter also presented a thorough critique of the objectivist approach formulated by Raoul Naroll (1964) which was based on the suggestion of using objective 'cultural traits' to determine an ethnic group. ...

Reference:

Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: Groupism and Cognition
Ethnic Identification in a Complex Civilization: Who Are the Lue?
  • Citing Article
  • October 2009

American Anthropologist