Bruce Kapferer: 1 book
Legends of People, Myths of State
Violence, Intolerance, and Political Culture in Sri Lanka and Australia
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The civil war in Sri Lanka and the part that nationalism seemed to play in it inspired the writing of this book some twenty-three years ago. The argument was developed through a comparative analysis of nationalism in Sri Lanka with the author’s native Australia. At the time this constituted an innovative...
