The illusion of cultural identity
By: Jean-François Bayart ; translated by Steven Rendall, ... [et al.].
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Group identity; Multiculturalism; Developing countries -- Civilization -- Western influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The criss-crossing of traditions : globalisation and cultural closure; title: Should we stop using the word "culture"?; title: The imaginary polis; title: The materialisation of the political imaginaire; title: Conclusion : the paradoxical invention of modernity.