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oapen-20.500.12657-295782022-08-26T12:19:16Z The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity Rambukwella, Harshana Authenticity Decolonisation Nationalism Sinhala Buddhism Dharmapala Sri Lanka bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPF Political ideologies::JPFN Nationalism What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the ‘real’ or the ‘authentic’ has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity. 2018-08-01 23:55 2019-01-11 13:45:08 2020-04-01T12:32:52Z 2020-04-01T12:32:52Z 2018 book 1000354 OCN: 1051780197 9781787351288 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29578 eng application/pdf n/a The-Politics-and-Poetics-of-Authenticity.pdf UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781787351288 10.14324/111.9781787351288 df73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2 9781787351288 176 open access
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What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the ‘real’ or the ‘authentic’ has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity.
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