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Legends Of People, Myths Of State : Violence, Intolerance, and Political Culture in Sri Lanka and Australia.
The civil war in Sri Lanka and the part that nationalism seemed to play in it inspired the writing of this book some twenty-three years ago. The argument was developed through a comparative analysis of nationalism in Sri Lanka with the author's native Australia. At the time this constituted an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2011.
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| Colección: | Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry Legends of people, myths of state
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Legends of People, Myths of State; Contents; Preface to the New and Revised Edition; Preface to the Paperback Reissue; Introduction; Chapter 1. Cultures of Nationalism; Part I. Evil and the State; Chapter 2. Ethnic Violence and the Force of History in Legend; Chapter 3. Evil, Power, and the State; Chapter 4. Ideological Practice, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Passions; Part 2. People against the State; Chapter 5. When the World Crumbles and the Heavens Fall in; Chapter 6. But the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
- Chapter 7. Ethnicity and Intolerance
- Chapter 8. Nationalism, Tradition, and Political CultureNotes; References; Appendices: Legends of People, Myths of State and the Current Context; Appendix 1. In the Wake of Legends; Appendix 2. Violence, Evil, and the State in Sri Lanka; Appendix 3. Empty Spaces and the Multiple Modernities of Nationalism; Appendix 4. The Social Genesis of Anzac Nationalism; Appendix 5. The Australian Society of the State; Index