{"product_id":"culture-space-and-the-nation-state","title":"Culture, Space and the Nation-State","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Dipankar Gupta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 282\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761994998\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unusual book extends the concerns of anthropology beyond the study of village life, rituals and caste observances to include considerations of the nation-state.  Dipankar employs the analytical framework of the concept of culture combined with practical examples from everyday life to interpret governance, citizenship and fraternity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe concludes that ostensibly political institutions have in fact deep cultural roots. Professor Gupta argues that the significance of culture lies in the fact that it informs the way people interact with each other in defined spaces. The nation-state being one such space, it should therefore be seen as an important cultural phenomenon and nor merely as lineaments on a map. Only when the nation-state is understood as a cultural phenomenon can the passions it arouses be better understood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is divided into two parts, the first is based on the premise that only in a defined space can there be a clear conception of cultural membership. This conceptualization is then extended to include cultural membership of the nation-state and the territorial space such membership connotes. Part One concludes that as nation-states are bound by strong sentiments of identity they are best understood as cultural phenomena. However, these sentiments need to be buttressed by structures of governance which bring people together by keeping alive the principles of citizenship and fraternity. Part Two uses examples from daily life to examine the phenomena of citizenship, civil society, fraternity, reservation and protecting minorities in the light of the above conceptualization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its unique approach to the study of the nation-state and its strong analytical and theoretical bases, this book will be of immense interest to sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and those in the fields of cultural studies and the study of social systems. It will also serve as a text or supplementary reading for students in these disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: FROM SENTIMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Culture, Space and Social Membership\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2\u003cbr\u003eSpace, Non-space and Site: Root Metaphor and Lex \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3\u003cbr\u003eRoot Metaphors and Regnant Sets of Meaning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4\u003cbr\u003eSpace, Territory and the Nation and State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 5\u003cbr\u003eSentiment and Structure: Nation and State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO: TO STRUCTURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 6 \u003cbr\u003eCivil Society or the State: What Happened to Citizenship?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 7\u003cbr\u003eFraternity, Citizenship and Affirmative Action: \u003cbr\u003eRecasting Reservation in the Language of Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 8\u003cbr\u003ePositive Discrimination and the Question of Fraternity: \u003cbr\u003eConnecting Durkheim to Rawls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 9\u003cbr\u003eMinoritization and the Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences and Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Dipankar Gupta \/ Sage Publications \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153487851888,"sku":"7777","price":37.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/7777.jpg?v=1793910262","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/culture-space-and-the-nation-state","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}