ABSTRACT In the thought-provoking papers that constitute ‘Stranger Races: Reflections on Alterity in Constructions of the Self’, the authors make clear that our always already social confrontation with alterity is complex, multifaceted and context sensitive. They also make clear that thinking about alterity is a central, if not the central, element of anthropological study, an endeavour that sheds light on such socially destructive forces as primitivism, essentialism, racism, and ethnic and religious discrimination. In the essays, the authors also stress, albeit indirectly, that the dynamic linkages between self and other cannot be reduced a set of rules or an abstract formula. Indeed, the tangled nature of processes that play out in the construction of identity cry out for ethnographic elaboration. For me, the most important contribution that the authors make devolves from their exploration of the turbulent conceptual space between self and other. It is the space between self and other that is important to explore. As the essays in this special issue demonstrate, in the creative space between self and other, we are able to extend anthropological practice to the public domain in order to showcase alternatives to xenophobia and prejudice and to advocate for social practices that celebrate mutual respect. That is a path that leads to a powerfully productive anthropological future.

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后记：自我与他人之间

摘要 在构成“陌生人种族：对自我建构中的他异性的反思”的发人深省的论文中，作者明确指出，我们一直以来与他异性的社会对抗是复杂的、多方面的和上下文敏感的。他们还明确指出，对他异性的思考是人类学研究的核心要素，如果不是核心要素的话，这项努力可以揭示诸如原始主义、本质主义、种族主义以及种族和宗教歧视等社会破坏性力量。在文章中，作者还强调，尽管是间接的，自我与他人之间的动态联系不能被简化为一组规则或抽象公式。的确，在身份建构过程中的复杂性质迫切需要人种学的详细阐述。为我，作者所做的最重要的贡献来自他们对自我与他人之间动荡的概念空间的探索。探索自我与他人之间的空间很重要。正如本期特刊中的文章所表明的那样，在自我与他人之间的创造性空间中，我们能够将人类学实践扩展到公共领域，以展示仇外心理和偏见的替代方案，并倡导庆祝相互尊重的社会实践。这是一条通向富有成效的人类学未来的道路。我们能够将人类学实践扩展到公共领域，以展示仇外心理和偏见的替代方案，并倡导庆祝相互尊重的社会实践。这是一条通向富有成效的人类学未来的道路。我们能够将人类学实践扩展到公共领域，以展示仇外心理和偏见的替代方案，并倡导庆祝相互尊重的社会实践。这是一条通向富有成效的人类学未来的道路。