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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956495403321

Autore

Lie John

Titolo

Modern peoplehood / / John Lie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004

ISBN

9780674040199

0674040198

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 384 p.)

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Group identity

Identity (Psychology)

Race awareness

Ethnicity

Nationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-375) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface Prelude 1. In Search of Foundations 2. Naturalizing Differences 3. Modern State / Modern Peoplehood 4. The Paradoxes of Peoplehood 5. Genocide 6. Identity Postlude References Index

Sommario/riassunto

In modern states, John Lie argues, ideas of race, ethnicity, and nationality can be subsumed under the rubric of 'peoplehood'. He argues indeed, that the modern state has created the idea of peoplehood.