Nationalism and ethnosymbolism: history, culture and ethnicity in the formation of nations

COVER PAGE......Page 1
TITLE PAGE......Page 2
ISBN 0748621121......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 4
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
PART I THEORIES OF NATIONALISM AND THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH......Page 22
 1 MAPPING THE FIELD: THEORIES OF NATIONALISM AND THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH......Page 24
 2 THE ETHNIC ENIGMA: NATIONALISM, RACISM AND GLOBALISATION......Page 40
 3 WARFARE, REMEMBRANCE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY......Page 51
PART II MUSIC AND POETRY IN THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH......Page 62
 4 MUSIC AND NATIONALISM: FIVE HISTORICAL MOMENTS......Page 64
 5 THE SOUND OF ENGLAND......Page 77
 6 MYTH, HISTORY AND NATIONALISM: POETRY OF THE BRITISH ISLES......Page 93
PART III ANTIQUITY IN THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH......Page 106
 7 THE SUCCESSOR TERRITORY......Page 108
 8 ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD......Page 122
PART IV ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA......Page 136
 9 THE JEWS AND THE FORMATION OF MODERN NATIONAL IDENTITY IN POLAND......Page 138
 10 LEV GUMILEV AND RUSSIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY DURING AND AFTER THE SOVIET ERA......Page 152
 11 NATIONAL SYMBOLS: ETHNICITY AND HISTORICAL CONTINUITY IN POST-COMMUNIST ‘NEW EUROPE’......Page 170
PART V ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST......Page 196
 12 DILEMMAS OF MIDDLE EAST POLITICS......Page 198
 13 THE MUSLIM UMMA AND THE FORMATION OF MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONALISMS......Page 218
 14 HISTORICAL ETHNO-SYMBOLS IN THE EMERGENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL......Page 230
PART VI ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE FAR EAST AND INDIA......Page 240
 15 ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN CHINA AND TAIWAN......Page 242
 16 THE MAKING OF A LANGUAGE OF PATRIOTISM IN MODERN BENGALI......Page 257
PART VII ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN AFRICA......Page 274
 17 HOLY NIGERIAN NATIONALISMS......Page 276
 18 ETHNIC DEMOBILISATION: THE CASE OF THE AFRIKANERS......Page 290
PART VIII ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE AMERICAS......Page 306
 19 WOMEN, WAR AND THE CONFEDERATE ETHNOSCAPE......Page 308
 20 ETHNIC ORIGINS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: AN APPROACH FROM LATIN AMERICA......Page 321
EPILOGUE: THE POWER OF ETHNIC TRADITIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD......Page 334
INDEX......Page 346