Culture and the Politics of Third World Nationalism

Dawa Norbu combines insights based on an understanding of specific political systems in the Third World and a deep knowledge of nationalist activity within these systems, with a theoretical framework that seeks to draw out the universal significance of seemingly local events in terms of nationalism.
The author''s personal experience of nationalism in Tibet, in India and in the United States together with a sociological analysis of ten case studies inform an argument that pays particular attention to how nationalism is moulded by local cultural factors.
Areas discussed include South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe with critical and comparative reference to the European forms of nationalism. The book also contains an analysis of the relationship between Marxism and nationalism. Norbu argues that the importance of nationalism as an enduring social force in international politics is especially evident from its appearance in societies that are explicitly founded upon transnational ideals.

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`Norbu''s argument about why and how nationalism in the third world differs from the European experience is ingenious... (this book) deserves to be taken seriously on pure intellectual grounds, unsullied by ideology.'' |I Ernst Haas, University of California, Berkeley

`The objectives are clearly spelt out; the key concepts are rigorously defined... helpful signposts guide the reader through the theoretical chapters and case studies, leading to a cumulative and enduring knowledge of the specific and more general attributes of third world nationalism.'' |I Subrart K. Mitra, South Asian Institute , Heidelberg University

`The author undoubtedly covers a relatively untravelled terrain of vast dimensions, with commendable scholarship and some unusual insights.@ |I International Studies

`Wide-ranging and challenging.'' |I The Journal of Asian Studies