Format:
Online-Ressource (308 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781107013360
Content:
Explains why nations elevate images of their own defeat to the center of their symbolism and understanding of their history
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Theories of Nations and Nationalism; Modernism and Ernest Gellner; The Limits of Modernism; Ethnosymbolism and Anthony Smith; The Limits of Ethnosymbolism; Symbols of Defeat: Authenticity and Modernity; The Nation as a Surrogate Religion; 2 Totem Sacrifice and National Identity; Totem Violence and Social Order; The Function of Sacrificial Ritual and Myth; Religion, Nation, and State; Theories of Nations and Nationalism Revisited
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Symbols of Defeat and National Totem Sacrifice3 Symbols of Defeat in National Monument and Ritual; Focal Points in National History; "Axis natio"; Negotiating the Transition from the Universal to the National; Israel: The Temple and the Western Wall; Ghana: The Golden Stool and Yaa Asantewaa; Unity, Diversity, and Contestation; 4 The Defeat Narrative in National Myth and Symbol; The Kosovo Covenant; The Savior; The Prince's Supper; The Hero; The National Eschatology; The Sacred Executioner; The National Theodicy and the Not-So-Golden Age; The Traitor; "Without death there is no resurrection"
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5 Implications to Politics and DiplomacyDefending the Totem: Defeat Monuments as Axis Points; Heroes and Saviors and the Autocratic Democrat: The Career of Slobodan Miloševic; Enemies and Traitors: Defining Insider-Outsider Boundaries; 6 Exceptions; Imperial Nations; Nations Without States; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139204927
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107013360
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity
Language:
English
Keywords:
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