Nomad Properties

Political Anthropologies of Nomadism from the 18th Century until Today

Anna Möllers, Dirk Schuck, Bernhard Kleeberg (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2026
Campus (Verlag)
978-3-593-51930-2 (ISBN)

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What does the discourse on nomadism say about anthropological concepts of western societies? This edited volume relates historical instances of nomadism to the role of »the nomad« in political discourses and recent theoretical debates. The figure of the nomad was and still is constructed as an antagonist within a (neo-)liberal frame of narratives about sedentarism, productivity and improvement. Whereas the discourse about nomadism in the 18th and 19th century was entangled with colonial contexts and ideas about so called »primitive« societies, it became even more multifaceted in the 20th century, considering ideas about »nomadic thinking« of Deleuze or Guattari, and different forms of »modern nomadism« on the rise: from travelling day laborers to refugees of war, to scientists, to a global managerial class.

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Anna Möllers, Dr. phil., is a research assistant, Department History, at the University of Erfurt.

Dirk Schuck, Dr. phil., is a research fellow in the project »Possession and Habit. On the Political Anthropology of Property in Western Modernity«, sub-project in the CRC »Structural Change of Property«.

Bernhard Kleeberg is professor for History of Science at the University of Erfurt.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.01.2026
Reihe/Serie	Strukturwandel des Eigentums ; 6
Co-Autor	Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov, Chechesh Kudachinova, Łukasz Moll, Sina Steglich, Coretta Ehrenfeld, Marco Schröder, Dekel Peretz, Jakob Kronenwetter, Melle Mendikowski, Birte Lamprecht, Anna Friedrich
Verlagsort	Weinheim
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 232 mm
Gewicht	514 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Agriculture • Civilization • Civilizing Mission • Colonialism • Deleuze • farming • Guattari • habituality • identity formation • Liberalism • open access • Political Anthropology • Possession • Primitive societies • property • Sedentarism • Subjectivity
ISBN-10	3-593-51930-5 / 3593519305
ISBN-13	978-3-593-51930-2 / 9783593519302
Zustand	Neuware