Culture and the Politics of Third World Nationalism

Norbu, Dawa

ISBN 10: 0415080037 ISBN 13: 9780415080033

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1992

Riassunto

Nationalism in specific political systems combined with a theoretical framework that draws out its universal significance. Ten case studies from South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe focus on local cultural factors.

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Dawa Norbu combines insights based on an understanding of specific political systems in the Third World and a deep knowledge of nationalist activity within these systems, with a theoretical framework that seeks to draw out the universal significance of seemingly local events in terms of nationalism. The author's personal experience of nationalism in Tibet, in India and in the United States together with a sociological analysis of ten case studies inform an argument that pays particular attention to how nationalism is moulded by local cultural factors. Areas discussed include South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe with critical and comparative reference to the European forms of nationalism. The book also contains an analysis of the relationship between Marxism and nationalism. Norbu argues that the importance of nationalism as an enduring social force in international politics is especially evident from its appearance in societies that are explicitly founded upon transnational ideals.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0415080037
• ISBN 13: 9780415080033
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 276