The Illusion of Cultural Identity

by Jean-François Bayart

Book Overview

The concept of cultural identity has become for many a convenient explanation for most of the world's political problems. In The Illusion of Cultural Identity Jean-Fran ois Bayart offers a sustained critique of this rationalization by dispelling the notion that fixed cultural identities do, in fact, exist.

In this highly sophisticated book, Bayart shows that the very idea of cultural identity prevents us from grasping the cultural dimensions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226039625
• ISBN13: 9780226039626
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 8.5"