Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel: The Necessary Others in the Making of a Nation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415949699)

The book examines the process of national identity formation. It argues that identity, whether of a small community, a nation, an ethnic group, or a religious community, requires an Other against whom it becomes meaningful. In other words, identity develops via difference from Others against whom our sense of self becomes meaningful. This thesis emerges out of the synthesis the study develops from the from the various modern and poststructuralist theories of identity and nationalism.

Author: Riad M. Nasser
ISBN-10: 0415949696
ISBN-13: 9780415949699
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2004
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.26w x 0.82d