This book is an experiential history study of the German generation that lived throughout the 20th century, particularly during World War I, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi era, World War II, and the postwar period. Through narrative analysis and oral history interviews, Thomas A. Kohut reveals how identity, experience, and collective memory shaped how this generation understood themselves and th…
North East India: The Ethnic Explosion by Nirmal Nibedon (1981) is a seminal work analysing the rising tide of ethnic identity politics and communal tensions in India’s northeastern states. Nibedon warns of an “ethnic explosion,” noting that various tribal, linguistic, and racial minorities (especially those of Mongoloid stock) are increasingly mobilizing to assert their distinct identity…
To their many detractors, Afrikaners are impractical, wild-eyed, racist fanatics. To their less numerous supporters, they are fervent anti-Communist crusaders, safeguarding stability and progress at the tip of the 'dark continent'. These strongly held, politically charged, and incompatible views make it virtually impossible for outsiders to distance themselves sufficiently, both intellectually …
The book The Foundations of Africanité or Négritude and Arabité by Léopold Sédar Senghor outlines the philosophical, cultural, and historical foundations of the concepts of Africanité (African-ness) and Négritude, two core ideas in modern African identity thinking. Senghor discusses the complex relationship between black African heritage and Arab traditions, and how these two elements sh…
About 80 per cent of the ethnic Chinese outside China also known as the Chinese overseas live in Southeast Asia. This book examines that community in the context of both national and international dimensions. It first discusses the ethnic Chinese and China, addressing the issues of migration, nationality, business success and ethnic conflict; second, Chinese cultural adaptation and various iden…