The Nation Form in the Global Age: Ethnographic PerspectivesIrfan Ahmad, Jie Kang This open access book argues that contrary to dominant approaches that view nationalism as unaffected by globalization or globalization undermining the nation-state, the contemporary world is actually marked by globalization of the nation form. Based on fieldwork in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East and drawing, among others, on Peter van der Veer’s comparative work on religion and nation, it discuss practices of nationalism vis-a-vis migration, rituals of sacrifice and prayer, music, media, e-commerce, Islamophobia, bare life, secularism, literature and atheism. The volume offers new understandings of nationalism in a broader perspective. The text will appeal to students and researchers interested in nationalism outside of the West, especially those working in anthropology, sociology and history. |
Contents
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2 The Oeuvre of Peter van der Veer | 45 |
Part II India | 72 |
3 On the Impossibility of Atheism in Secular India | 73 |
4 Hindu Nationalism and North Indian Music in the Global Age | 99 |
5 Muslim Bare Life in Contemporary India | 127 |
Part III China | 153 |
6 Rising Becoming Overcoding On Chinese Nationalism in The Wandering Earth | 155 |
9 Moral Labour the Nation and the State in Contemporary China | 224 |
Part IV South Africa and the Middle East | 246 |
10 Race Animal Bodies and Religion Sacrifice Sensory Politics and Public Space in South Africa | 247 |
11 The Rivalry Between Secular and Religious Nationalisms On the Split in Iranian National Identity | 273 |
Part V Asia inand Europe | 301 |
12 Coming of Age in the Secular Republic of Fiction | 302 |
13 Socialization of Language and Morality at Chinese Christian Church of Berlin | 329 |
14 Afterword Reflections on Nationalism | 349 |
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