books about: nationalism     books:     Nationalism      Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East Quil Lawrence Walker & Company, 2008 Beacon of democracy As a producer/director for British and American TV I have made numerous films in and about Iraq over the last five years, but Invisible Nation is a revelation to me. Like most people covering the tragedy, I have been distracted by the carnage in the south and ...             Who Sings the Nation-State?: Language, Politics, Belonging Judith Butler, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Seagull Books, 2007 Original, Brilliant Although short, this book is one of the only inquiries into sovereignty that moves beyond the theoretical framework of Agamben, and begins to explore new vocabularies for addressing postcolonial subjectivity. Butler and Spivak breathe new life into a text by Ardent, ...             Social Psychology Sixth Edition Sharon Brehm Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004 What's not to like? Easy to read yet scholarly. Great illustrations. Space in the margins for notes. Good chapter overviews and summaries. Nice T/F questions to prime the reader. Sources used appropriately. It is truly the ideal textbook. The format, layout, and writing style make this ...             Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, New Edition Benedict Anderson Verso, 2006 An amazing introduction If you want a scholarly introduction to nationalism and its history, this is an excellent book to start with. Anderson begins with a discussion of how the concept of the nation first came into being, with emphasis on the factors that enabled people to imagine ...             Nations and Nationalism (New Perspectives on the Past) Ernest Gellner Cornell University Press, 1983 classic modernist account of nationalism Truly one of the most important books ever written about nationalism, this is also one of the few modernist accounts of nationalism that ages well. While this book was published in 1983, it is basically an expanded version of a chapter from Gellner's earlier ...             A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics) Alistair Horne NYRB Classics, 2006 Positively 6 stars Alistair Horne is one of the preeminent historians of the 20th Century. I've read several of his books, including the entire trilogy on the three Franco - German wars. I've found each of his books excellent, but this one will always rate as his best - for the ...             The Covenant with Black America Tavis Smiley World Press, 2006 Five stars America, and especially Balck America, needs books like this one. It is a powerful book that everyone who wants to understand racism and human nature in general should read. This is a very informative and moving piece dealing with current situation of not only African ...             The Invention of Tradition (Canto) Cambridge University Press, 1992 The real stuff of legend The principle argumentative thread running through each of this book's essays is that the traditions Europeans hold dear about their respective cultures date back merely to the turn of the 20th century. Far from legendarily old, things like Scottish tartans and the ...             Assata: An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.) Assata Shakur Lawrence Hill Books, 2001 If you are into racism, women issues and simple reading, this book if for you! This is by far the best autobiography I have read so far. It was an easy read and extremely expressive. In many ways it is disturbing if you think of what the character goes through. The explicit racism, abuse, pain that Assata had to endure is decribed really well. ...             The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Samuel P. Huntington Simon & Schuster, 1998 Confirmed predictions First published in 1996, this scholarly discussion of future international relations has been a classic from the beginning and will remain so for decades to come. From among the seven most important civilizations the author selected three, which may collide in ...             Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism Michelle Goldberg W. W. Norton, 2007 Incredible Compilation of Facts The organized push from Evangelicals to dissolve the separation between church and state is currently one of the most potent threats to individual rights in the United States. With 'Kingdom Coming', Michelle Goldberg presents a detailed intellectual history of ...             Precarious Life: The Power of Mourning and Violence Judith Butler Verso, 2006 Excellent social commentary Judith Butler is a multi-talented scholar who can write for both specialized and general audiences (which is why many, I believe, envy her). This book is quite accessible and rightly so; it is concerned with the contemporary predicaments we are currently in at this ...             Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality (Canto) E. J. Hobsbawm Cambridge University Press, 1992 Hobsbawm places nationalism in its historical context We ordered this book as a reading for our 'Old Curmudgeons Book Club'. The book club is made up of a small bunch of 'older guys', i.e. in their 50s and 60s. We get together once a month and disucss non-fiction books. We've been doing this for about 15 years now. The ...             Who Are We: The Challenges to America's National Identity Samuel P. Huntington Simon & Schuster, 2005 Profound and insightful This book helps enlighten those who deride as "racist" other Americans who are against illegal immigration. The dangers to our society are real. While Huntington didn't cover every aspect of "Americanism" throughout American history (the book would have been too long ...             The Modern Middle East: A History James L. Gelvin Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 One of the best introductions out there... It is hard to overstate the value of this relatively short introduction to Middle Eastern history. Rather than attempting a traditional narrative, Gelvin's history emphasizes ways of conceptualizing Middle Eastern history, allowing readers to see, for example, the ...          products you might be interested in search for books autobiography, civilizations, communities, nation-state, perspectives, reflections      geepe.com    web randomly chosen book: Catwoman: When in Rome (Batman)