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The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity

What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authe...

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Hlavní autor: Rambukwella, Harshana
Médium: Online
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: UCL Press 2021
Témata:
Authenticity
Decolonisation
Nationalism
Sinhala
Buddhism
Dharmapala
Sri Lanka
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism
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Shrnutí:What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the ‘real’ or the ‘authentic’ has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity.

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