The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europe

by Peter Geschiere

Book Overview

Despite being told that we now live in a cosmopolitan world, more and more people have begun to assert their identities in ways that are deeply rooted in the local. These claims of autochthony--meaning "born from the soil"--seek to establish an irrefutable, primordial right to belong and are often employed in politically charged attempts to exclude outsiders. In The Perils of Belonging, Peter Geschiere traces the concept of autochthony back...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226289656
• ISBN13: 9780226289656
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"