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A Leader For Every Generation, Ananya Vajpeyi Apr 2015

A Leader For Every Generation, Ananya Vajpeyi

Ananya Vajpeyi

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Review Of Native And National In Brazil (Comparative Studies In Society And History), Tracy Devine Guzmán Jan 2015

Review Of Native And National In Brazil (Comparative Studies In Society And History), Tracy Devine Guzmán

Tracy Devine Guzmán

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Race, Tribe And Nation On East Africa's Coast: From Dubois To Mahmood Mamdani, Jesse Benjamin Oct 2013

Race, Tribe And Nation On East Africa's Coast: From Dubois To Mahmood Mamdani, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

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A People's History Of Baseball, Mitchell J. Nathanson Feb 2012

A People's History Of Baseball, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

Baseball is much more than the national pastime. It has become an emblem of America itself. From its initial popularity in the mid-nineteenth century, the game has reflected national values and beliefs and promoted what it means to be an American. Stories abound that illustrate baseball's significance in eradicating racial barriers, bringing neighborhoods together, building civic pride, and creating on the field of play an instructive civics lesson for immigrants on the national character. In A People's History of Baseball, Mitchell Nathanson probes the less well-known but no less meaningful other side of baseball: episodes not involving equality, patriotism, heroism, …

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Nostalgia For The Liberal Hour: Talkin' 'Bout The Horizons Of Norman Jewison's Generation, Daniel Mcneil Dec 2011

Nostalgia For The Liberal Hour: Talkin' 'Bout The Horizons Of Norman Jewison's Generation, Daniel Mcneil

Daniel McNeil

Throughout his career as a filmmaker Norman Jewison has confronted stereotypes that depict white liberals as hypocritical and insincere do-gooders. He has also seized and contested the position of victim against radicals on the left and right. This paper outlines some of the commonalities between the Canadian filmmaker and Robin Winks and Michael Banton, two prominent academics in the United States and the United Kingdom who also opposed the "unacceptable face of capitalism" and the “overly politicized” scholarship of radical intellectuals. My conclusion provides a counterpoint to the liberal humanism of Jewison, Winks and Banton by turning to the new …

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Unfinished Symphony, Ananya Vajpeyi May 2011

Unfinished Symphony, Ananya Vajpeyi

Ananya Vajpeyi

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Atelier@Duke: Intellectuals And Activism, Joanne Braxton Apr 2011

Atelier@Duke: Intellectuals And Activism, Joanne Braxton

Joanne Braxton

Dr. Braxton was one of the five panelist selected for the 15th anniversary of the John Hope Franklin Research Center at Duke University Libraries. Panelists at the Atelier@Duke symposium discuss "Intellectuals and Activism".

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Diabolical Frivolity Of Neoliberal Fundamentalism, Sefik Tatlic Jan 2009

Diabolical Frivolity Of Neoliberal Fundamentalism, Sefik Tatlic

Sefik Tatlic

Today, we cannot talk just about plain control, but we must talk about the nature of the interaction of the one who is being controlled and the one who controls, an interaction where the one that is “controlled” is asking for more control over himself/herself while expecting to be compensated by a surplus of freedom to satisfy trivial needs and wishes. Such a liberty for the fulfillment of trivial needs is being declared as freedom. But this implies as well the freedom to choose not to be engaged in any kind of socially sensible or politically articulated struggle.

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Race, Empire And Liberalism: Interpreting John Crawfurd’S History Of The Indian Archipelago, Gareth Knapman Dec 2007

Race, Empire And Liberalism: Interpreting John Crawfurd’S History Of The Indian Archipelago, Gareth Knapman

Gareth Knapman

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Orang-Utans, Tribes, And Nations: Degeneracy, Primordialism, And The Chain Of Being, Gareth Knapman Dec 2007

Orang-Utans, Tribes, And Nations: Degeneracy, Primordialism, And The Chain Of Being, Gareth Knapman

Gareth Knapman

This article explores how early anthropological writing (1830s and 1840s) on the nation faced the question: How natural was the nation? In exploring development of the nation from the tribe, colonial ethnological writers in Southeast Asia also explored the limits of primordialism. Debates on the humanity of the orang-utan represented the search for these limits. The theme of degeneracy underpinned these connections. Degeneracy was a complex belief that connected the civilized nation to the savage tribe. Two methodologies underpinned this discourse: scientific rationality and imagination. Many contemporary studies focus on how scientific rationality created distance between the colonized and the …

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Liberal Dreams: Materialism And Evolutionary Civil Society In The Projection Of The Nation In Southeast Asia, Gareth Knapman Dec 2005

Liberal Dreams: Materialism And Evolutionary Civil Society In The Projection Of The Nation In Southeast Asia, Gareth Knapman

Gareth Knapman

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The New Cambridge History Of India: Iv: 3 By Susan Bayly: Review For The South Asia Newsletter, Ananya Vajpeyi Jan 1999

The New Cambridge History Of India: Iv: 3 By Susan Bayly: Review For The South Asia Newsletter, Ananya Vajpeyi

Ananya Vajpeyi

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