Acknow\edgements ................... 7 -- l ntrocluction -- The Unbearable Conformity of Anınropological Correcıness: Reflex.ive Turn Delusions, 1neffable Naivetes ancl 1mplausible Hypocrisies. 9 -- Chapter 1 lnterclepenclent Diversities: Self-Representations, Historical Regions and Global Challenges in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 -- Chapter 2 Dealing with the Past: The Mobilization of History in European Societies . . . . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . . . . 35 -- Chapter 3 Disputed Historical Memories: Struggling for Recognition through Localities, Symbols, ancl Rituals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sl -- Chapter 4 Ethnic versus Cosmopolitan Regiona\ism: Fora Political Anthropology of Loca\ 1dentity Constructions in a Globalizecl World-System . . . . 69 -- Chapter 5 From the Crisis of Anthropologica\ Representations to the Aclvent of Prefix.es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 -- Cnapter 6 Plural Switzerlancl: Switching lclentities in a Multicultural Nation 93 -- Chapter 7 Does Postsocialism in Eastern Europe Mirror Postcolonialism'! The Legends of Revolution, Transiıion and Transforınaıion after the Fail of the Berlin Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109-- Chapter 8The Social Logic of lnformality: The Rationa\e Unclerlying Personalizecl Relationships, Organizations ancl Coalitions - A Look at Southeast European and Mecliterranean Societies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 -- Conıenıs 6 -- Chapter 9 The Mafia: a Historical Legacy in Global Society. A Disenchantecl View of Organized Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • -- Chapter 10 Terrorisın ancl Literature in Italy: Froın Bandiera Rossa to the Roman Noir ... . . -- Chapter 11 Caudillos and Campesinos in Anthropological Knowledge and Literary Creation. The Case of Paraguayarı Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 -- Chapter 12 The Culture of Mediterranean Honor: Social Differentiation, Status and Reputation in the Public Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 -- Chapter 13 Modernization, Land Reforıns and Ethnic Tensions: Scenarios in Central and Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 -- Chapter 14 Multiple Modernities in Bulgaria: Social Strategies of Capitalists Entrepreneurs in the Agrarian Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 -- Chapter 15 Celebrating Urban Diversity in a Rainbow Nation: Political Manageınent of Ethno-Cultural Differences in a Malaysian City . . . . . . . . . 233 -- Chapter 16 Differerıtiated Citizenship and Legal Pluralism: Law and Religion in Peninsular Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-- Bibliography . . . . 265