Ethnicity and nationalism

By:

"Brass, Paul R."

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Sage Publication; 1991Description: 358 pISBN:

803996950

Subject(s):

Nationalism

DDC classification:

320.54 BRA

Summary: This volume contends that ethnicity and nationalism are not 'givens', but are social and political constructions and that they are modern phenomena inseparably connected with the activities of the modern centralizing state. Examples and case studies from India comprise the heart of the volume. Three chapters focus specifically on two minority groups in India: north Indian Muslims and the Sikhs of Punjab. A second source of illustrations, which substantiate the theoretical arguments, is Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The author also presents a direct comparison of language-based ethnic problems in India and the Soviet Union.

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This volume contends that ethnicity and nationalism are not 'givens', but are social and political constructions and that they are modern phenomena inseparably connected with the activities of the modern centralizing state.

Examples and case studies from India comprise the heart of the volume. Three chapters focus specifically on two minority groups in India: north Indian Muslims and the Sikhs of Punjab. A second source of illustrations, which substantiate the theoretical arguments, is Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The author also presents a direct comparison of language-based ethnic problems in India and the Soviet Union.

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