Passion and ambivalence : colonialism, nationalism, and international law / / by Nathaniel Berman.
Ethnic, nationalist, and religious conflicts and debates about international intervention have been central global preoccupations of the past hundred years. Such debates, this volume argues, were first framed in their modern form during the interwar period, when a “Modernist break” (akin to that in...
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| Superior document: | Studies in the history of international law ; v. 3 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Legal history library ;
v. 6. Legal history library. Studies in the history of international law ; v. 3. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (474 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Ethnic, nationalist, and religious conflicts and debates about international intervention have been central global preoccupations of the past hundred years. Such debates, this volume argues, were first framed in their modern form during the interwar period, when a “Modernist break” (akin to that in literature, philosophy, and the arts) transformed the way such conflicts were viewed. Internationalists began to cast identity-based claims — whether those of anti-colonialists or European separatists — not only as mortal dangers to international order but as indispensable to its revitalization. Drawing on cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and psychoanalysis — with case studies ranging from 1930's Ethiopia to 1990's Jerusalem — this volume looks at both the origins and legacy of these debates, offering a radical reinterpretation of modern internationalism. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283395843 9786613395849 9004210253 |
| ISSN: | 1874-1793 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Nathaniel Berman. |