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The Sorting of Humanity

Schemata and Practices of Human Differentiation
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Culture & Theory, Volume 303
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 2026

Summary

Human differentiation encompasses human classification and categorization processes that we encounter on a daily basis. Klaus Behnam Shad offers a new framework of human differentiation that emphasizes social complexity and intersectionality. Uniquely integrating systems theory with political, psychological, and biological anthropology, this systemic-anthropological approach firmly rejects culturalizing, moralizing, and ideologizing stances that claim a supposed superiority. This provides valuable insights into group-based differentiation processes that would otherwise remain inscrutable.

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Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2026
Copyright Year
2026
ISBN-Print
978-3-8376-7613-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-8394-7613-0
Publisher
transcript, Bielefeld
Series
Culture & Theory
Volume
303
Language
English
Pages
367
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

ChapterPages
  1. FrontmatterPages 1 - 7 Download chapter (PDF)
  2. 1 IntroductionPages 9 - 22 Download chapter (PDF)
  3. 2. Sociocybernetics: Foundations of Systems TheoryPages 23 - 71 Download chapter (PDF)
  4. 3. Evolutionary‐Anthropological Foundations of Human DifferentiationPages 73 - 94 Download chapter (PDF)
  5. 4 Group‐Based BehaviorPages 95 - 110 Download chapter (PDF)
  6. 5 Neurobiological Foundations: Mechanisms of Reward and PunishmentPages 111 - 118 Download chapter (PDF)
  7. 6 Schemata of DifferentiationPages 119 - 157 Download chapter (PDF)
  8. 7 Macrosocial Anthropological ConstantsPages 159 - 164 Download chapter (PDF)
  9. 8 Cultural CodesPages 165 - 202 Download chapter (PDF)
  10. 9 Two Regimes of Orders of DifferencePages 203 - 265 Download chapter (PDF)
  11. 10 Global Asymmetries: Impacts on Human DifferentiationPages 267 - 308 Download chapter (PDF)
  12. 11 Diversity as Ideology? Challenges and Contradictions of Social IntegrationPages 309 - 316 Download chapter (PDF)
  13. 12 ConclusionPages 317 - 325 Download chapter (PDF)
  14. 13 BibliographyPages 327 - 365 Download chapter (PDF)

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