Is eard is grupa eitneach no eitneacht ann na catagoir daoine a
aithnionn
a cheile, de ghnath ar bhonn cosulachtai toimhdithe amhail
teanga
chomhchoiteann,
sinsearach coiteann
,
stair
,
sochai
,
cultur
,
naisiun
no coireail shoisialta laistigh da gceantar conaithe. .
[1]
[2]
Is minic a usaidtear eitneacht go comhchiallaithe leis an tearma naisiun, go hairithe i gcasanna an
naisiunachais eitnigh
, agus ta se scartha o ach bainteach le
coincheap na gciniocha
.
Is stadas oidhreachta e eitneacht, de ghnath bunaithe ar an tsochai ina gconaionn an duine. Is ionduil go mbionn ballraiocht i ngrupa eitneach sainmhinithe ag
oidhreacht chulturtha chomhroinnte
,
sinsearacht
,
miotas bunuis
,
stair
,
tir dhuchais
, teanga no
canuint
, corais shiombalacha cosuil le
reiligiun
,
miotaseolaiocht
agus
deasghnath
,
cocaireacht
,
stil choirithe
,
ealain
no
cuma fhisiciuil
. Is minic a leanann grupai eitneacha ar aghaidh ag labhairt
teangacha gaolmhara
agus ag roinnt
linn gheinte
den chineal ceanna. Tri bhithin
aistrithe teanga
,
athchulturaithe
, an
uchtaithe
agus
tiontaithe reiligiunaigh
, is feidir le daoine aonair no le grupai grupa eitneach amhain a fhagail agus pairt a ghlacadh i gceann eile (seachas grupai eitneacha a chuireann beim ar aonchinealacht no ar
ionacht chinioch
mar phriomhchritear ballraiochta).
Is eard ata sna grupai eitneacha is mo ar na saolta seo na na ceadta milliun duine (na Han-Sinigh an ceann is mo), ce go bhfuil na cinn lu teoranta do roinnt dosaen daoine aonair (go leor daoine duchasacha ar fud an domhain). Is feidir grupai eitneacha a fhoroinnt ina bhfoghrupai no ina
dtreibheanna
, a d'fheadfadh a bheith ina ngrupai eitneacha ar leithligh de reir a cheile mar gheall ar leithlisiu iongamas no
leithscaradh fisiciuil
on mhathair grupa. Os a choinne sin, is feidir le heitneachtai ar leithligh teacht le cheile chun
paineitneach
a chruthua (mar shampla Han-Sinigh) agus d’fheadfadh
aon eitneacht amhain a chumasc
sa deireadh. Cibe acu tri rannan no tri chonascadh, tagraitear do bhunu grupa eitneach ar leithligh mar
eitnigineas
Ta an tearma eitneach diorthaithe on bhfocal Greigise ?θνο?
ethnos
(nios beaichte, on aidiacht ?θνικ??
ethnikos
,
[3]
a tugadh ar iasacht sa
Laidin
mar
ethnicus
).
"Is toisc bhunusach i saol an duine i an eitneacht
[4]
: Mar sin fein, ni mheasann go leor eolaithe soisialta, ina measc na hantraipeolaithe Fredrik Barth agus Eric Wolf, go bhfuil an fheiniulacht eitneacha uilioch. Feachann siad ar an eitneacht mar thairge de chinealacha idirghniomhaiochtai sonracha i measc ghrupai, seachas saintreith riachtanach de dhluth agus d'inneach i ngrupai.
[5]
- (
en
) David Levinson,
Ethnic groups worldwide : a ready reference handbook
, Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1998, 436 p.
ISBN
9781573560191
- (
fr
)
Jean-Loup Amselle
et
Elikia M'Bokolo
(dir.),
Au cœur de l'ethnie : ethnies, tribalisme et Etat en Afrique
, La Decouverte, Paris, 1985, 225 p.
ISBN
2-7071-1524-X
- (
fr
) Roland J. L. Breton,
Les ethnies
, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1981, 127 p.
ISBN
9782130369066
- (
fr
)
Jean-Pierre Chretien
et Gerard Prunier,
Les ethnies ont une histoire
, Karthala, Paris, 2003, 435 p.
ISBN
9782845863897
- (
fr
) Guy Heraud,
L'Europe des ethnies
, Presses d'Europe, Paris, 1974, 324 p.
ISBN
2-85505-059-6
- (
fr
) Philippe Poutignat et Jocelyne Streiff?Fenart,
Theories de l'ethnicite
, suivi de
Les groupes ethniques et leurs frontieres
de
Fredrik Barth
, PUF, Paris, 1995, 270 p.
ISBN
2130563325
- ↑
"
ethnicity: definition of ethnicity
".
Oxford Dictionaries
. Cartlannaiodh
an bunleathanach
ar 6 Marta 2016. Data rochtana: 7 Feabhra 2020.
- ↑
People, James (2010). "{{{title}}}". Wadsworth Cengage learning. “"In essence, an ethnic group is a named social category of people based on perceptions of shared social experience or one's ancestors' experiences. Members of the ethnic group see themselves as sharing cultural traditions and history that distinguish them from other groups. Ethnic group identity has a strong psychological or emotional component that divides the people of the world into opposing categories of “us” and “them.” In contrast to social stratification, which divides and unifies people along a series of horizontal axes based on socioeconomic factors, ethnic identities divide and unify people along a series of vertical axes. Thus, ethnic groups, at least theoretically, cut across socioeconomic class differences, drawing members from all strata of the population."”
- ↑
?θνικ??
, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott,
A Greek-English Lexicon
, on Perseus
- ↑
Statistics Canada
- ↑
Fredrik Barth ed. 1969
Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Cultural Difference; Eric Wolf 1982
Europe and the People Without History
p. 381