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Identity as Ideology: Understanding Ethnicity and Nationalism

By Sinisa Malesevic

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2006
ISBN
1403987866, 9781403987860
DOI
10.1057/9780230625648
Open Library ID
OL18279052M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
841 kB (860854 bytes)
Pages
265\265
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Political Sociology; Personality and Social Psycho

Description

Modern human beings are socialized to take the existence of ethnic and national identities as given and largely unproblematic. Very few individuals would question the apparent normality of this division into nations and ethnic groups however, the intensity of this widespread feeling hides the degree of its historical novelty. This book explores the ideological and institutional underpinnings, as well as the political implications of this powerful modern belief system. This is achieved through subtle theoretical and thorough empirical analysis, both of which draw critically on the leading approaches in the field.

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