Picking up on Edward Said's claim that the historical experience of empire is common to both the colonizer and the colonized, Peter van der Veer takes the case of religion to examine the mutual impact of Britain's colonization of India on Indian and British culture. He shows tha…
by Suryadinata, Leo, International Conference on Ethnic/Race Relations and Nation-Building in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia: the Case of Ethnic Chinese, Singapore
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by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Suryadinata, Leo, Singapore Society of Asian Studies, International Conference on Ethnic/Race Relations and Nation-Building in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia: the Case of Ethnic Chinese, Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it dev…
Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it dev…
"The author explores why we won decisive military victories in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya but then had no coherent plan to address the aftermath for each, ultimately costing thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, and whether now, with the benefit of hindsight, we can dis…
Live dangerously, my brothers: ex-combatants and the political economy of space -- The Ministry of defense: excessive architecture -- E. J. Roye: the corporate (post)modern -- Hotel Africa: the uncritical ruin -- Liberia broadcasting system: three utopias -- Finding urban form: …
"Ethnic diversity and national tensions in the Balkans have long attracted the attention of the international community of scholars and policy-makers who have tried to understand how states, societies and people in the area negotiate complex religious and ethno-national identiti…
Central Europe is one of the key notions of classical geopolitics yet it has always been a somewhat elusive concept. Originally perceived as a plan for a German dominated political and economic union, it subsequently emerged to threaten leaders in the East and West in a variety …
