Nation state by accident : the politicization of ethnic groups and the ethnicization of politics: Bosnia, India, Pakistan

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Nation state by accident : the politicization of ethnic groups and the ethnicization of politics: Bosnia, India, Pakistan

Carsten Wieland

Manohar, 2006

タイトル別名

Nationalstaat wider Willen : die Politisierung von Ethnien und die Ethnisierung der Politik, Bosnien, Indien, Pakistan

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Includes bibliographical references (p.[391]-448) and index

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D)--Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 1999

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内容説明

In this comparative study of Muslim nation-building and the so-called 'ethnic conflicts' the author reveals stunning parallels between the collapse of Tito's Yugoslavia and the ethno-national separation of colonial India. In both cases Muslims ended up in a nation state of their own without the majority of them wanting one. There were no mass movements that demanded a new 'homeland', which contradicts modernisation-theory approaches of nationalism. Wieland digs below the surface and sketches historic developments that triggered the construction and instrumentalisation of 'ethnic groups' in both cases. He concludes that the term ethnicity has lost its academic value because it suffers from inconsistencies and strong political implications. 'Ethnicity' is not an existing group of people but a concept of action and political resource detached from any historic context. The 'ethnocentre' varies. In both the Yugoslavian and the Indian case it was religion around which secondary features were added as contrast boosters. Bosnia and Pakistan were founded under the strong influence of political elites and external political actors, like the colonial power or the international community, who themselves through within the ethno-national paradigm and acted accordingly. This helped to create Muslim nation states despite considerable contradictions between the political action group and the 'ethnic group' they claimed to represent. While delivering convincing facts and new perspectives, this book is a passionate appeal for the deconstruction of 'ethnic' camps.

目次

  • Introduction
  • What is an Ethnic Group?
  • What is an 'Ethnic Group'?
  • What is a Nation?
  • What is Nationalism?
  • What is a 'Nation State'?
  • Nation & Islam: A Contradictory Alliance
  • Opportunity Makes States
  • Political Institutions & Ethno-national Conflicts
  • Telegramme
  • The Advent of Islam
  • Brothers or Occupants?
  • The Ottoman Millet as a National Forge?
  • Constructing Ethno-national Camps
  • The 'Ethnicization' of Conflicts
  • The 'Ethnicization' of Language
  • National Midwives from Above
  • The Formation of Political Parties
  • Split Brothers
  • How Advanced was the Nation-building?
  • The Majority Trap Snaps Shut
  • Harmony & Hatred in the Population
  • The Protagonists
  • The Poker of the External Powers
  • The Appropriation of the Heroes
  • Outlook
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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