附註:Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : opting out, opting in, exclusion, and assimilation : states and nations in the Twentieth Century / William van Schendel and Erik J. Zurcher -- 'Soviet nationalism' : an ideological legacy to the independent republics of Central Asia / Bert G. Fragner -- Nation-building in Azerbaijan : the Soviet legacy and the impact of the Karabakh Conflict / Suha Bolukbasi -- Recasting oneself, rejecting the other : pan-Turkism and Iranian nationalism / Touraj Atabaki -- Nations imagined and fragmented : Bengali ethnicity and the break up of Pakistan / Tazeen M. Murshid -- Who speaks for the nation? : nationalist rhetoric and the challenge of cultural pluralism in Bangladesh / Willem van Schendel -- The struggle for the Afghan state : centalization, nationalism, and their discontents / Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek -- Does class ever opt out of the nation? : nationalist modernization and labour in Iran / Asef Bayat -- 'Fundamentalism' as an exclusionary device in Kemalist Turkish nationalism / Erik J. Zurcher -- Conclusion : opting out of the nation / Feroz Ahmad and Jacob M. Landau.
摘要:Nationalism was regarded as a positive force shaping ""modern"" societies and states but in Europe it has been overshadowed by the disasters of two world wars. Outside Europe it has continued to enjoy a heyday throughout the 20th century. Covering Turkey, Iran, Abghazia, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Afganistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, this study lays bare the counter-forces unleashed by the project of nationalist modernization, and the stimulation of identity politics as the result of ruthless repression of minority languages, culture, traditions and religion - the life-blood of minority ethnicity
