Nationalism and Ethnosymbolism : : History, Culture and Ethnicity in the Formation of Nations / / Athena Leoussi, Steven Grosby.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Leoussi, Athena,; Grosby, Steven,
• MitwirkendeR: Aberbach, David,; Armstrong, John A.,; Bassin, Mark,; Cauthen, Bruce,; Chong, Natividad Gutiérrez,; Conversi, Daniele,; Ferdinand, Peter,; Gal, Allon,; Garman, Sebastian,; Gerber, Haim,; Grosby, Steven,; Hutchinson, John,; Igwara, Obi,; Kaviraj, Sudipta,; Leoussi, Athena S.,; Martin, David,; Michlic, Joanna B.,; Rizova, Polly,; Samson, Jim,; Smith, Anthony D.,; Spence, J. E.,; Stone, John,; Welsh, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Ethnosymbolism offers a distinct and innovative approach to the study of nations and nationalism. It focuses on the role of ethnic myths, historical memories, symbols and traditions in the creation and maintenance of the collective identity of modern nations. This book explores the different aspects of the ethnosymbolic approach to the study of ethnicity, nationality and nationalism.Nationalism and Ethnosymbolism first introduces the main theoretical considerations that have arisen in nationalism studies in the past two decades. It then presents a collection of case studies covering music and poetry, ethnosymbolism in antiquity, and a wide variety of nations and regions. Areas discussed include Eastern Europe and Russia, the Middle East, the Far East and India, Africa, and the Americas.Overall the book offers a defence of the methodology of ethnosymbolism and a demonstration of its explanatory power.Key Features:Includes contributions from some of the most eminent scholars in the field of nationalism studies including Anthony D. Smith, the doyen of ethnosymbolismOffers a distinctive approach to the analysis of ethnicity and nationalism in the modern worldEthnosymbolism is now a key element of the nationalism studies discourseThe ethnosymbolic approach can be applied to the analysis of a variety of historical and contemporary social, cultural and political situations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part 1 THEORIES OF NATIONALISM AND THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH -- Chapter 1 MAPPING THE FIELD: THEORIES OF NATIONALISM AND THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH -- Chapter 2 THE ETHNIC ENIGMA: NATIONALISM, RACISM AND GLOBALISATION -- Chapter 3 WARFARE, REMEMBRANCE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY -- Part II MUSIC AND POETRY IN THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH -- Chapter 4 MUSIC AND NATIONALISM: FIVE HISTORICAL MOMENTS -- Chapter 5 THE SOUND OF ENGLAND -- Chapter 6 MYTH, HISTORY AND NATIONALISM: POETRY OF THE BRITISH ISLES -- Part III ANTIQUITY IN THE ETHNOSYMBOLIC APPROACH -- Chapter 7 THE SUCCESSOR TERRITORY -- Chapter 8 ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD -- Part IV ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA -- Chapter 9 THE JEWS AND THE FORMATION OF MODERN NATIONAL IDENTITY IN POLAND -- Chapter 10 LEV GUMILEV AND RUSSIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY DURING AND AFTER THE SOVIET ERA -- Chapter 11 NATIONAL SYMBOLS: ETHNICITY AND HISTORICAL CONTINUITY IN POST-COMMUNIST ‘NEW EUROPE’ -- Part V ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- Chapter 12 DILEMMAS OF MIDDLE EAST POLITICS -- Chapter 13 THE MUSLIM UMMA AND THE FORMATION OF MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONALISMS -- Chapter 14 HISTORICAL ETHNO-SYMBOLS IN THE EMERGENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- Part VI ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE FAR EAST AND INDIA -- Chapter 15 ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN CHINA AND TAIWAN -- Chapter 16 THE MAKING OF A LANGUAGE OF PATRIOTISM IN MODERN BENGALI -- Part VII ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN AFRICA -- Chapter 17 HOLY NIGERIAN NATIONALISMS -- Chapter 18 ETHNIC DEMOBILISATION: THE CASE OF THE AFRIKANERS -- Part VIII ETHNOSYMBOLISM IN THE AMERICAS -- Chapter 19 WOMEN, WAR AND THE CONFEDERATE ETHNOSCAPE -- Chapter 20 ETHNIC ORIGINS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: AN APPROACH FROM LATIN AMERICA -- Epilogue THE POWER OF ETHNIC TRADITIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD -- INDEX