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By approaching nationalism as a structure of ideas formed within a wider affective imaginary of human groupings and attachments, the book draws attention to the diversity such claims can take. Through the lens of nationalism as a narrative, the book explores how claims and objects of concern— such as the notion of a national ‘people’ or ethnicity— interact with processes of ideational authorship, messaging, and reception. It examines how affect is enacted as part of ideational encounters, relocating it from an ontological or subconscious force to a historically situated and authored outcome of human engagement. Drawing on rich ethnographic insights from across the Mongolian region, the book presents a novel methodology for theorizing nationalism that emphasizes objects of concern and ethnographic particularities.
Pandemic Nationalism in Inner Asia is designed for scholars, researchers, and students in anthropology, political science, sociology, and Asian studies. It will also appeal to those interested in nationalism, governance, and the cultural impacts of pandemics. Broad subject areas include ethnography, nationalism studies, affect theory, and Inner Asian studies.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Central Asian Survey.
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About the author
Elizabeth Turk is a social anthropologist and Research Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University where she is PI of the Wellcome Trust-funded project, Accessing the Wellbeing Commons: Therapeutic resource-ification of natural and historic environments and social exclusion in the UK and Inner Asia.
David Sneath is Professor of the Anthropology of Inner Asia and Director of the Mongolian & Inner Asia Studies Unit of the University of Cambridge. He specialises in the anthropology of Inner Asia, particularly Mongolia, focusing on political economy and ecology, land use and the environment, and post-socialist transformation.
