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Item Details
Title:
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NATIONS, IDENTITIES, CULTURES
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By: |
V. Y. Mudimbe (Editor) |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£20.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0822320657 |
ISBN 13: |
9780822320654 |
Publisher: |
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
13 November, 1997 |
Pages: |
240 |
Description: |
Investigates the concepts of nation, identity, and culture as they have evolved within the contexts of exile and the ethnicisation of the political. This book explores various theoretical issues involved in reconfiguring these concepts since the nineteenth century. It is aimed at readers engaged in postcolonial and cultural studies. |
Synopsis: |
This volume investigates the concepts of nation, identity, and culture as they have evolved within the contexts of exile and as a result of the consolidation of the ethnic and the political. The contributors explore various theoretical issues involved in reconfiguring these concepts since the nineteenth century, as well as the manifestations of these issues in specific regions of the world.Examining the degree to which twentieth-century representations of colonization, revolution, and modernity are nineteenth-century constructs, Nations, Identities, Cultures locates contemporary political thought in an ethos of exile, nostalgic for bygone places and cultures of the nineteenth century. The contributors interrogate the significance of changes in the way the political is conceptualized and the impact of shifting representations of political society on our understanding of nation, identity, and culture. Approaches to these issues range from broad perspectives on global culture, civil society, liberalism, and dialectical identity to specific case studies on the politics of Quebec, the Russian muzhik, Israel's borders, the ancient Greek origins of European culture, Kongo nationalism, the women of Lebanon, and the Danish/Swedish border. Contributors. Martin Bernal, Dominique Colas, Miriam Cooke, Daphna Golan, Thomas Lahusen, Jocelyn Letourneau, Anders Linde-Laursen, Wyatt MacGaffey, John McCumber, V. Y. Mudimbe, Kenneth Surin, Immanuel Wallerstein |
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US |
Imprint: |
Duke University Press |
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