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Nation vs. People - Bosnia is just a case (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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Nation vs. People - Bosnia is just a case (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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The book is provoked by the recent tragedy of Bosnia and the clash
within a paradigmatic multicultural society. It offers theoretical
responses both to the challenge of Bosnia and to the global
challenge of how to reconcile two facts of the modern world and the
threat that stems from this: the existence of 200 states, and their
commitment to their own integrities, and the existence of 8000
ethnic groups and their devotion to keep their identities alive.
The question the book raises is whether nation (state) and
democracy are the proper and only answers to these challenges.
Presenting conceptual controversies about two of the most discussed
and disputed concepts of the present day, the author insists on
totally new notions of nation and people (ethnic group, narod,
folk). He maintains that ethnicity and nationality have hitherto
been defined mainly in terms of culture and politics in
anthropology and political science. Both concepts are however
basically societal phenomena and therefore fall primarily within
the subject domain of sociology. By combining a theoretical
analysis with experience from Bosnia, the book provides definitions
of concepts such as ethnic group and nation, and thereby ensures a
new perspective and analytical tool for an international audience
of academics and officials in international institutions and
organizations. While the book is written in an academic style, it
is nevertheless accessible to a broader audience: professors
willing to test their own views and students keen to meet new
approaches; academics eager to face new theoretical challenges and
politicians ready to apply new emerging expertise; international
practitioners capable of learning from life and local activists
able to make up new theoretical responses to global issues.
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