| Description |
213 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / David Little and Donald K. Swearer -- Case study : Iraq. The rise of religious and ethnic mass politics in Iraq / Juan R.I. Cole ; Kurds and Arabs, Sunnis and Shiites: can an Iraqi identity be salvaged? / Phebe Marr ; Summary of Iraq discussion -- Case study : Sri Lanka. The malaise of contemporary Sri Lankan society / H.L. Seneviratne ; Religion and nationalism in recent peace initiatives in Sri Lanka / Rohan Edrisinha ; Summary of Sri Lanka discussion -- Case study : Sudan. Sudan's 1998 draft constitution: should it be required reading for the leaders of the new Iraq? / Ann Elizabeth Mayer ; Darfur, Sudan: ethnicity, Islam, and citizenship / Alex de Waal ; Summary of Sudan discussion -- Case study : Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pilgrimage and "ethnic cleansing" in Herzegovina / Michael Sells ; Is religion disengaging itself from ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina? / Paul Mojzes ; Summary of Bosnia discussion -- Appendix I: Sri Lanka background -- Appendix II: Sudan background -- Appendix III: Bosnia and Herzegovina background. |
| Summary |
Because the situation in Iraq exhibits some of the standard symptoms of religious nationalism, it seems appropriate to compare it to other cases where the impulses of religion and nationalism have also come together in a highly lethal way. This volume provides a comparative consideration of attempts to manage and resolve nationalist conflicts in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, and Sudan, and examines how lessons from those situations might inform similar efforts in Iraq. In their introduction, Professors Little and Swearer review current scholarly thinking on the connection of religious and ethnic factors to nationalist conflicts, and they demonstrate the salience of religious and ethnic identity to these conflicts. For each country, two prominent thinkers examine the intersection of religion and ethnicity and the struggles to form a nation-state. The volume also contains a summary of the discussion on each country among 20 scholars, appendices providing background on the three countries with which Iraq is compared, and maps of the countries. The central role of ethnic and religious impulses in forming the identity of a people or "nation" directly ties these matters to nationalism and nationalist conflict. |
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Religion and politics -- Case studies.
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Nationalism -- Case studies.
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Religion and politics -- Congresses.
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Nationalism -- Congresses.
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Islam and politics -- Iraq.
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Nationalism. (OCoLC)fst01033832
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Religion and politics. (OCoLC)fst01093842
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Godsdienst.
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Nationalisme.
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Irak.
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Religion och politik -- Irak.
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Irak -- politik och förvaltning.
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Nationalism -- Irak.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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| Added Author |
Little, David, 1933-
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Swearer, Donald K., 1934-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Religion and nationalism in Iraq. Cambridge, MA : Center for the Study of World Religions : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2006 (OCoLC)608386713 |
| ISBN |
0945454414 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780945454410 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780945454410 |
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99815731129 |
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