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Detailing the role played by non-elites, this book presents a perspective on nationalism in the Arab Middle East in the early 20th century. It documents the appearance of the popular committee and examines nationalist politics as a mass phenomenon that informs the politics of the region today.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART ONE: THE STRUCTURE OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
IN FAYSALI SYRIA
1. From "Patriotic Agitation" to the Advent of Mass Politics
2. The Popular Committees
PART TWO: NATIONALIST COMMUNITIES OF DISCOURSE
3· The Symbolic Component of Rival Nationalist Discursive Fields
4· The Integrative and Prescriptive Powers of Rival Nationalist Discursive Fields
PART THREE: THE CEREMONIES OF NATIONALISMS
5. Mobilization from Above and the Invention of Traditions
6. Demonstrating Communities
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 16/01/1999
      ISBN13: 9780520210707, 978-0520210707
      ISBN10: 0520210700
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      Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Detailing the role played by non-elites, this book presents a perspective on nationalism in the Arab Middle East in the early 20th century. It documents the appearance of the popular committee and examines nationalist politics as a mass phenomenon that informs the politics of the region today.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations
      Introduction
      PART ONE: THE STRUCTURE OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
      IN FAYSALI SYRIA
      1. From "Patriotic Agitation" to the Advent of Mass Politics
      2. The Popular Committees
      PART TWO: NATIONALIST COMMUNITIES OF DISCOURSE
      3· The Symbolic Component of Rival Nationalist Discursive Fields
      4· The Integrative and Prescriptive Powers of Rival Nationalist Discursive Fields
      PART THREE: THE CEREMONIES OF NATIONALISMS
      5. Mobilization from Above and the Invention of Traditions
      6. Demonstrating Communities
      Conclusions
      Bibliography
      Index

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