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Halbmayer, E., Dürr, E. Fluid Personhood and the Fuzziness of Life: Reaching beyond the Human and the Biosphere – Introduction. Sociologus, 71(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.1.1
Halbmayer, Ernst and Dürr, Eveline "Fluid Personhood and the Fuzziness of Life: Reaching beyond the Human and the Biosphere – Introduction" Sociologus 71.1, , 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.1.1
Halbmayer, Ernst/Dürr, Eveline: Fluid Personhood and the Fuzziness of Life: Reaching beyond the Human and the Biosphere – Introduction, in: Sociologus, vol. 71, iss. 1, 1-12, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.1.1
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Fluid Personhood and the Fuzziness of Life: Reaching beyond the Human and the Biosphere – Introduction

Halbmayer, Ernst | Dürr, Eveline

Sociologus, Vol. 71 (2021), Iss. 1 : pp. 1–12

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Ernst Halbmayer, Institut für Sozialanthropologie und Religionswissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Eveline Dürr, Institut für Ethnologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

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Ernst Halbmayer / Eveline Dürr: Fluid Personhood and the Fuzziness of Life: Reaching beyond the Human and the Biosphere – Introduction 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Notions and Theories of Life 3
3. Crisis and Conflict 4
4. From Ontological Enactments to New Ritualizations and Intercultural Performances 6
5. Fluid Forms of Personhood 7
6. From Fluid Personhood to Fuzzy Forms of Life 8
References 1

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