Modern peoplehood / John Lie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lie, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Identity (Psychology).

Race awareness.

Ethnicity.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In modern states, John Lie argues, ideas of race, ethnicity, and nationality can be subsumed under the rubric of 'peoplehood'. He argues indeed, that the modern state has created the idea of peoplehood.

In modern states, John Lie argues, ideas of race, ethnicity, and nationality can be subsumed under the rubric of "peoplehood." He argues indeed, that the modern state has created the idea of peoplehood. That is, the seemingly primitive, atavistic feelings of belonging associated with ethnic, racial, and national identity are largely formed by the state. Not only is the state responsible for the development and nurturing of these feelings, it is also responsible for racial and ethnic conflict, even genocide. When citizens think of themselves in terms of their peoplehood identity, they will naturally locate the cause of all troubles--from neighborhood squabbles to wars--in racial, ethnic, or national attitudes and conflicts. Far from being transhistorical and transcultural phenomena, race, ethnicity, and nation, Lie argues, are modern notions--modernity here associated with the rise of the modern state, the industrial economy, and Enlightenment ideas.

Contents:

Preface Prelude 1. In Search of Foundations 2. Naturalizing Differences 3. Modern State / Modern Peoplehood 4. The Paradoxes of Peoplehood 5. Genocide 6. Identity Postlude References Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-375) and index.

ISBN:

9780674040199

0674040198

OCLC:

923115419