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Ogunnika, Zacchaeus O.

 
9781466996724: Non-Formal Approach to Ethnicity: An Interpretative Explanation of Nigerian Peoples' Coping Mechanisms
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ISBN 10 : 1466996722 ISBN 13 : 9781466996724
Editeur : Trafford, 2013

Synopsis

This book, written by one of the foremost researchers in this field, represents one of the intellectual efforts on the explanation of the inter-ethnic phenomenon. The author went into the critique of the whole phenomenon and approached his frame of meaning from the actor's side. That is why the book is subtitled "The peoples' non-formal mechanisms" The author is phenomenological in his approach and believes that the real meaning of any event should be based on the experience of the actors. He combined the pessimism of the ethnomethodologists with the realism of the phenomenologist. The result of this is an essay which is considered as being nearest to the true situation of inter-ethnic relations in Nigeria more than that of its predecessors. The book therefore reports the behaviors of Nigerians in actual situations. How different ethnicities 'pass' and 'behave' as if they are one. The book heavily relied on the W.I Thomas dictum which says that if man defines a situation as real, they are real in their consequences. The consequences of "mutual deception and strategic interactions" mentioned in the book become real as they produce the real tools and mechanisms for tension management in a multi ethnic society. The author dwells a lot on economic spheres where he identified for the first time in inter-ethnic relations literature, a phenomenon he refers to as "market groups" This group unlike its counterpart, the economic associations, is informal, enduring and based on proper inter-ethnic understanding. The market group members declare their allegiance to the sarki of their commodity who may not necessarily be a member of their ethnic group. Different ethnic group members were united by the commodity they sold in the market. The commodity to dictate their interaction style rather than ethnic or primordial emotional attachments. One cannot do but remember Marx's idea on Fetishism of commodities in the section. Com

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book, written by one of the foremost researchers in this field, represents one of the intellectual efforts on the explanation of the inter-ethnic phenomenon. The author went into the critique of the whole phenomenon and approached his frame of meaning from the actor's side. That is why the book is subtitled "The peoples' non-formal mechanisms" The author is phenomenological in his approach and believes that the real meaning of any event should be based on the experience of the actors. He combined the pessimism of the ethnomethodologists with the realism of the phenomenologist. The result of this is an essay which is considered as being nearest to the true situation of inter-ethnic relations in Nigeria more than that of its predecessors. The book therefore reports the behaviors of Nigerians in actual situations. How different ethnicities 'pass' and 'behave' as if they are one. The book heavily relied on the W.I Thomas dictum which says that if man defines a situation as real, they are real in their consequences. The consequences of "mutual deception and strategic interactions" mentioned in the book become real as they produce the real tools and mechanisms for tension management in a multi ethnic society. The author dwells a lot on economic spheres where he identified for the first time in inter-ethnic relations literature, a phenomenon he refers to as "market groups" This group unlike its counterpart, the economic associations, is informal, enduring and based on proper inter-ethnic understanding. The market group members declare their allegiance to the sarki of their commodity who may not necessarily be a member of their ethnic group. Different ethnic group members were united by the commodity they sold in the market. The commodity to dictate their interaction style rather than ethnic or primordial emotional attachments. One cannot do but remember Marx's idea on Fetishism of commodities in the section. Com

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Ogunnika obtained his PhD from the New School for Social Research, a master's degree from New York University, and an MBA degree from New York Institute of Technology. The New School made him a critical thinker, capable of understanding phenomena from the actor's perspective. His extensive publications critically discuss race, inequality, ethnicity, and gender issues. He approached Nigerian ethnicity from the participants' perspective, resulting in a new methodological direction.

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Éditeur
Trafford
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1466996722
ISBN 13 
9781466996724
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
262
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