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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Автор: Rambukwella, Harshana
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Decolonisation
Nationalism
Sinhala
Buddhism
Dharmapala
Sri Lanka
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