The issue “Pluralisms in Emergenc(i)es” is a result of a two-conference series that took place in Amman and Tunis, in December 2017 and October 2018, respectively. Taking these two locations as historical epicenters of human, commodity, and capital mobility, in two connected regions, these conferences set out to interrogate the historical, social, and religious underpinnings of the migrant and refugee crisis in order to position this moment as a state of emergence, rather than a state of emergency. The focus of the essays included here explores pluralism as it has emerged in response to contemporary global crises, and asks a number of questions: What are the variations in how “pluralism” is understood, and how does it function in a time of crisis? What are the material and immaterial modes through which pluralism takes shape? Moreover, how does it change through the circulation of people - as migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers – and capital – whether under the auspices of international development funds, religious aid, or new labor markets? By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this special issue enters into a fundamental discussion about how “pluralism” is conceived across sites and offers new vistas for its conceptualization in North Africa and the Middle East.

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中东和北非新兴（i）es中的特刊多元主义简介

“Emergenc(i)es 中的多元化”问题是分别于 2017 年 12 月和 2018 年 10 月在安曼和突尼斯举行的两次会议系列的结果。这些会议将这两个地点作为人类、商品和资本流动的历史中心，在两个相互关联的地区，着手探讨移民和难民危机的历史、社会和宗教基础，以便将这一时刻定位为一个国家紧急状态，而不是紧急状态。此处包含的文章的重点探讨了为应对当代全球危机而出现的多元主义，并提出了许多问题：“多元主义”的理解方式有哪些变化，以及它在危机时期如何发挥作用？多元主义形成的物质和非物质模式是什么？而且，无论是在国际发展基金、宗教援助还是新的劳动力市场的支持下，它如何通过人的流动——作为移民、难民和寻求庇护者——以及资本——发生变化？通过跨越学科界限，本期特刊就如何跨地点构想“多元主义”进行了基本讨论，并为其在北非和中东的概念化提供了新的前景。