| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge advances in democratic theory ; 1
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Routledge advances in democratic theory ; 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The puzzling nation : the challenge for traditional accounts -- 2. The protean nation : Wittgenstein and language games -- 3. The potent nation : lacan, desire and the imaginary ego -- 4. The depoliticised nation : problems in contemporary accounts -- 5. The political nation : democracy and identification. |
| Summary |
A figure of enduring ingenuity, the nation has for centuries played a part on the socio-political stage. Whether centre stage or background scenery, it has featured in violent tragedies, revolutionary drama and nostalgic fable. Today, the nation is cast simultaneously in the roles of villain and hero. While it is renounced by those advocating trans-national, post-national and cosmopolitan forms of belonging, it has lately also been asserted as the solution to various social failures in liberal democracies. This appears to leave us with two alternatives: to jettison the nation in order to move. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nation-state.
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Nation-state. |
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Nationalism.
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Nationalism. |
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Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
9781138776142 |
| ISBN |
9781315773391 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1315773392 |
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9781317681298 |
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1317681290 |
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9781138776142 |
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