| Description |
xli, 401 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Cultures of Nationalism Political Cosmology and the Passions -- pt. 1 Evil and the State Sinhalese Nationalism, Violence, and the Power of Hierarchy -- 2. Ethnic Violence and the Force of History in Legend -- 3. Evil, Power, and the State -- 4. Ideological Practice, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Passions -- pt. 2 People Against the State Australian Nationalism and Egalitarian Individualism -- 5. When the World Crumbles and the Heavens Fall In War, Death, and the Creation of Nation -- 6. But the Band Played "Waltzing Maltilda" National Ceremonial and the Anatomy of Egalitarianism -- 7. Ethnicity and Intolerance Egalitarian Nationalism and Its Political Practice -- 8. Nationalism, Tradition, and Political Culture -- Notes -- References -- Appendices Legends of People, Myths of State and the Current Context: By Way of Introduction / Bruce Kapferer |
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Note continued: 1. In the Wake of ̀Legends': The Need for an Ontological Understanding of Nationalism and Power / David Rampton -- 2. Violence, Evil and the State in Sri Lanka: Revisiting an Ontological Approach to Sinhalese Nationalism / Dr. Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne -- 3. Empty Spaces and the Multiple Modernities of Nationalism / Rohan Bastin -- 4. The Social Genesis of ANZAC Nationalism / Barry Morris -- 5. The Australian Society of the State: Egalitarian Ideologies and New Directions in Exclusionary Practice / Barry Morris |
| 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 of war, racism and social exclusion. The book has lost none of its importance and urgency as proven by the chapters in the Appendix, written by top scholars working in Sri Lanka and in Australia. These contributions bring together new material and critically explore the book's themes and their continued relevance to the various trajectories in nationalist processes since the first publication of the book |
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Australian |
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Nationalism |
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State and the individual |
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Ethnic relations |
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Social inclusion |
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Sri Lanka |
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Civil war |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
| Notes |
Previous ed. published in 1988, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-262) and index |
| Subject |
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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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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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| ISBN |
0857454366 |
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9780857454362 |
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