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Nationalist Project (nationalist + project)

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Selected Abstracts

Covenant and continuity: ethno-symbolism and the myth of divine election

NATIONS AND NATIONALISM, Issue 1-2 2004
Bruce Cauthen
Yet this sublime stimulator of ethnogenesis, comprehensive demarcator of ethnic identity, and durable guarantor of ethno-cultural preservation has been largely neglected by many of the most prominent scholars of nationalism who have often discounted the relevance of the myth of divine election with regard to modern nationalist movements. However, Anthony D. Smith has afforded considerable attention to the concept of chosenness and its significance for the nationalist project. This article will assess Smith's contribution to the subject and will examine how his ethno-symbolic approach has illuminated the ways in which ethnic groups have been infused by the myth of divine election. And, utilizing the ethno-symbolic perspective, this article will explore how this ineffable and persistent sense of providential destiny continues to influence modern communities and hence international politics. [source]

British social anthropology's nationalist project

ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY, Issue 6 2003
Keith Hart
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Debates about Ethnicity, Class and Nation in Allende's Chile (1970,1973)

BULLETIN OF LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH, Issue 3 2007
JOANNA CROW
In 1964, Salvador Allende signed the ,Cautín Pact' with leftist Mapuche organisations in Temuco in which they pledged to support Allende's presidential campaign and he vowed to introduce important socio-economic reforms to benefit Mapuche communities and to respect their culture and religion. As has been argued in previous studies, there were limitations to the implementation of these reforms in practice. This article suggests, however, that even so, an important space was opened up for , and by , Mapuche people within the government's left-wing nationalist project. This shift was also reflected in the works of intellectuals closely linked to the Unidad Popular. [source]

For the Good of The Nation: ,Strategic Egalitarianism' in the Singapore Context

NATIONS AND NATIONALISM, Issue 1 2001
Michelle M. Lazar
In this article, I introduce the concept of ,strategic egalitarianism' in relation to women's co-optation into nationalist projects in Singapore. By strategic egalitarianism, I mean the granting of equality to women that is contingent upon meeting particular pragmatic nationalist objectives. For example, the granting of equal educational and employment opportunities by the government in the 1960s was necessitated by Singapore's economic survival as a newly emerging nation. By the 1980s, another pragmatic national concern dealing with rapid decline in population growth emerged, requiring that women prioritise the role of motherhood. A complicating factor in the procreationist discourse is the government's eugenic policy that favours the ,right' kind of women, in particular, to bear the ,right' kind of babies for the continued vitality of the nation. In the course of this article, I examine the problem with strategic egalitarianism, which shifts its ground depending on the nationalist goals of the day, and the implications this has for Singapore women. [source]