Ethnicity and nationalism

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  • Author: Ericksen, Thomas Hylland
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    Eriksen (social anthropology, U. of Oslo) surveys his field's theories and treatments on the construction of ethnicity and nations, comparing and evaluating their respective claims. The work was written to serve as a core text for undergraduate courses and broadly covers such topics as ethnic identity and ideology, the historical development of ethnicity, minorities and the state, identity politics and culture. Distributed by Stylus.

    Contents:
    • 1. What is ethnicity?
    • 2. Ethnic classification: Us and Them
    • 3. The social organisation of cultural distinctiveness
    • 4. Ethnic identity and ideology
    • 5. Ethnicity in history
    • 6. Nationalism
    • 7. Minorities and the state
    • 8. Identity politics, culture and rights
    • 9. The non-ethnic.
    Original Publisher: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, c2002
    Language(s): English

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Abstract

Eriksen (social anthropology, U. of Oslo) surveys his field's theories and treatments on the construction of ethnicity and nations, comparing and evaluating their respective claims. The work was written to serve as a core text for undergraduate courses and broadly covers such topics as ethnic identity and ideology, the historical development of ethnicity, minorities and the state, identity politics and culture. Distributed by Stylus.

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London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, c2002

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0745318878

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