Title: Colonial Effects
Subtitle: the making of national identity in Jordan
Description: Colonial Effects analyzes the creation and definition of modern Jordanian identity. Massad studies two key institutions-- the law and the military--and uses them to create an original and precise analysis of the development of Jordanian national identity in the postcolonial period. Joseph A. Massad engages recent scholarly debates on nationalism and richly fulfills the analytical promise of Michel Foucault's insight that modern institutions and their power to have productive, not merely repressive or coercive, capacities -- though Massad also stresses their continued repressive f.
Subjects: Politics and government, National state, Ethnic relations, Jordanian National characteristics, Culture and law, Postcolonialism, Political activity, Armed Forces, Nation-state, National characteristics, Jordan, politics and government, Politique et gouvernement, Nation, Jordaniens, Postcolonialisme, Nations, 15.75 history of Asia, HISTORY, General, Justiz, Militär, Nationalbewusstsein, Politische Identität, Nationale identiteit, Politieke ontwikkeling, Law, Nationalism, Jordan, Colonialism, National identity
Places: Jordan
Time periods: 20th century