Title Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description	1 online resource (308 pages)
	text file
Series	Cambridge books online.
Summary	Explains why nations elevate images of their own defeat to the center of their symbolism and understanding of their history.
Contents	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Nationalism -- History.
	Nationalism.
	History.
	National characteristics -- Memory.
	National characteristics.
	Memory.
	Crises -- Psychological aspects -- History.
	Crises -- Psychological aspects.
	Crises.
	Memory -- Social aspects -- History.
	Memory -- Social aspects.
	Collective memory -- History.
	Collective memory.
	Political messianism -- History.
	Political messianism.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9781107013360
ISBN	9781139204927
	1139204920
	1107013364
	9781107013360
	9781139004022 (ebook)
	1139004026 (ebook)
	1280484608
	9781280484605
	9781139206501 (electronic book)
	1139206508 (electronic book)
	9781139203524
Standard No.	9786613579584

Title Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity.

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