Culture, Space and the Nation-State: From Sentiment to Structure

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9499-2
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

This book is about extending the concerns of anthropology beyond village life, rituals and caste observances to considerations of the nation-state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gupta, Dipankar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: FROM SENTIMENT. Introduction Culture, Space and Social Membership Space, Non-Space and Site Root Metaphor and Lex Root Metaphors and Regnant Sets of Meanings Space, Territory and Nation-State Sentiment and Structure Nation and State PART TWO:. TO STRUCTURE Civil Society or the State What Happened to Citizenship? Fraternity, Citizenship and Affirmative Action Recasting Reservation in the Language of Rights Positive Discrimination and the Question of Fraternity Connecting Durkheim to Rawls Minoritization and the Public Sphere

Über Autor(innen)

Gupta, Dipankar
Dipankar Gupta is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University.