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1 online resource (444 pages) |
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Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry Legends of people, myths of state |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 innovative approach to comparison in anthropology, as well as to nationalism and its possibilities. It was not based on differences but on the way in which perspectives from within the two nationalisms, when seen side-by-side, could present an understanding of their implication in producing the violence |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Nationalism -- Case studies
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State, The -- Case studies
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Ethnic relations -- Case studies
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Political culture -- Sri Lanka
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Political culture -- Australia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Ethnic relations
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Nationalism
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Political culture
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State, The
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Australia
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Sri Lanka
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Case studies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780857455178 |
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0857455176 |
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