I like Hannerz' comment you mention. Maybe this very recent text may help or make you even more confused

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Some analytical dimensions of cultural complexity (version 0.9)

This article, which is theoretical rather than empirical, sets out to do two things: To distinguish between different meanings of complexity, and to show how complexity – a seemingly fuzzy term – can be operationalised in research on contemporary majority–minority relations.
http://www.culcom.uio.no/ publika...complexity.html
lorenz | Homepage | 01.10.06 - 3:53 pm | #

thanks for the comment, lorenz. I'll look into that as well and risk to get even mor confused *smile*
Andrea | Homepage | 01.13.06 - 1:41 am | #