Traitors suspicion, intimacy, and the ethics of state-building / edited by Sharika Thiranagama and Tobias Kelly.

Other author Thiranagama, Sharika.
Other author Kelly, Tobias.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
Descriptionvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from UPCC Books Political Science and Policy Studies 2010 Subject Collection
Subjects
Treason--Cross-cultural studies.
Treason--Moral and ethical aspects.
Traitors--Cross-cultural studies.

Contents Xiconhoca: Mozambique's ubiquitous post-independence traitor / Lars Buur -- Denunciatory practices and the constitutive role of collaboration in the Bangladesh War / Nayanika Mookherjee -- Intimacy, loyalty, and state formation: the specter of the "anti-national" / Richard W. Whitecross -- Traitors, terror, and regime consolidation on the two sides of the Taiwan straits: "revolutionaries" and "reactionaries" from 1949 to 1956 / Julia C. Strauss -- Betraying trust and the elusive nature of ethnicity in Burundi / Simon Turner -- In praise of traitors: intimacy, betrayal, and the Sri Lankan Tamil community / Sharika Thiranagama -- Treason and contested moralities in a coloured township, Cape Town / Steffen Jensen -- In a treacherous state: the fear of collaboration among West Bank Palestinians / Tobias Kelly -- The glass agency: Iranian war veterans as heroes or traitors? / Kamran Rastegar -- The man in the white raincoat: betrayal and the historian's task / István Rév -- Afterword: questions of judgment / Stephan Feuchtwang.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009018800
ISBN9780812242133 (alk. paper)
ISBN0812242130 (alk. paper)

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