The landscape for considerations about nations, nationality, and ethnicity is a confusing one. It cannot be mapped without the kind of engagement exemplified by the papers presented in this Special Issue: examination of specific matters and illumination of the individual jigsaw puzzle pieces out of which the bigger and far more complicated picture will develop. Particularity produces clarity, and it is only through careful examination of each piece in the puzzle, one by one, that it becomes possible to discern the true contours of these concepts.

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前言

有关民族，民族和种族的考虑因素令人困惑。如果没有本期特刊中所呈现的论文所体现的参与方式，就无法对其进行映射：对特定事项的检查和各个拼图块的照明，由此将形成更大，更复杂的图景。特殊性会产生清晰度，并且只有通过仔细检查拼图中的每个零件，才有可能辨别出这些概念的真实轮廓。