The making and unmaking of differences. Anthropological, sociological and philosophical perspectives (original) (raw)

served as the inaugural conference of the university's new Institute of Social Anthropology, the conference organizers-Burkhard Schnepel, Shingo Shimada, and myself-were convinced that this issue should not be limited to anthropologists, but rather must also provide space for voices, approaches, and opinions from other disciplines. Forthis reason, the present volume contains not only anthropological perspectives on this issue, but also sociological and philosophical ones, as well as perspectives from the interstices between these fields and from other disciplines. We would like to thank the Martin Luther University and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for providing the financial means that made this conference possible.