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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Shiʻite Lebanon Shiʻite Lebanon Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr By recasting the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East, Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr proposes a new framework for understanding Shi'ite politics in Lebanon. Her study draws … OL12926626W
On other grounds On other grounds Brigitte Weltman-Aron "On Other Grounds addresses the broader impacts of the English landscape movement on French gardening during the latter half of the eighteenth century. Through readings of the relevant texts of major… OL13301678W
Ethnonationalism in India Ethnonationalism in India Sanjib Baruah Contributed articles on ethnic politics in India. OL15573051W
Captain America and the crusade against evil Captain America and the crusade against evil John Shelton Lawrence,Robert Jewett "Arguing that the superhero is the antidemocratic counterpart of the classical "monomyth" described by Joseph Campbell, the authors show that the American version of the monomyth derives from tales o… OL1945166W
Theories of nationalism Theories of nationalism Umut Özkırımlı This overview of theories of nationalism is also a summary of criticisms raised against each of them. Casting doubt on the fundamental assumptions of mainstream analyses, it concludes by proposing an… OL19906608W
The Anthropology of Europe The Anthropology of Europe Cris Shore,Victoria A. Goddard,Josep R. Llobera An anthropological study of Europe post-1989. The contributors examine the social, cultural and political implications of European integration, with particular emphasis on changing European identitie… OL20619948W
People, nation and state People, nation and state Robert Fine,Edward Mortimer While conflicts of class, ideology and political systems have receded in the post-Cold War world, divisions based on group identity - cultural, ethnic, religious, and national - have assumed new impo… OL20867172W
A restatement of religion A restatement of religion Jyotirmaya Sharma Offers a portrait of Swami Vivekananda and his relationship with his guru, the legendary Ramakrishna. This work focuses on Vivekananda's reinterpretation and formulation of diverse Indian spiritual a… OL20956450W
The collapse of globalism The collapse of globalism John Ralston Saul The Collapse of Globalism Revised Edition And The Reinvention Of The World BY JOHN RALSTON SAUL Publisher: Penguin Canada In 1999, John Ralston Saul began predicting that globalism would collapse. In… OL24818047W
Mujer, Alegoría y Nación Mujer, Alegoría y Nación María Elena Soliño 1 online resource (186 pages) : OL25638578W
Nationalism Nationalism Ernest Gellner x, 114 p. ; 21 cm OL2711002W
Visualizing the Nation Visualizing the Nation Joan B. Landes "Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of t… OL5093251W
Shakespeare jungle fever Shakespeare jungle fever Arthur L. Little "This book takes Shakespeare's plays as a site for studying the specter of interracial sex - of a "jungle fever" - in early modern England's envisionings of itself. Shakespeare's works here assume th… OL7798052W
Exits from the labyrinth Exits from the labyrinth Claudio Lomnitz-Adler "Scholarly contribution to the understanding of national culture. First part studies cultural production and ideology in Morelos and in the Huasteca Potosina. Second part focuses on history of legiti… OL822976W