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The Emperor is Naked - On the Inevitable Demise of the Nation-State - cover

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The Emperor is Naked - On the Inevitable Demise of the Nation-State

Hamid Dabashi

Publisher: Zed Books

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A fascinating demonstration of how the colonial legacy of the nation state has failed to produce a legitimate and enduring unit of postcolonial polityExplores growing transnational public spheres across the Arab and Muslim world, such as the Nobel Peace Prize winning formation of a civil society “Quartet” in TunisiaExamines, conversely, how ruling states such as Iran, Morocco, Turkey and Yemen have violently attempted to manufacture their legitimacyMediAuthor is a respected and much-published Middle Eastern scholar, and a Professor at Columbia University, New York
Available since: 04/15/2020.

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