Intellectuals and Nationalism: Anthropological Engagements

@article{citeulike:258853, abstract = {To what extent are intellectuals artisans of nationalism? In this chapter we review past and present anthropological research that has helped to reveal the agency of intellectuals in the projects and operations of states and nations. If the intellectual has long been defined in the Marxian-Gramscian tradition as a social actor with a special praxical investment in ways and forms of knowing, then what we discuss as "intellectualism," the social formation of knowledge, should be understood as a central dimension of the (re)production of nations and nationalism both inside and outside of states. We suggest that further drawing anthropological attention to intellectuals and their knowledge practices (ranging from the poetic-literary to the technical-administrative) will help the anthropology of nations and nationalism to (a) locate the role of human agency in the creation, circulation, and contestation of national culture, (b) capture the intellectual work involved in nationalism and bureaucracy in its full diversity, and (c) imagine a new series of ethnographic access points among educated professionals for the study of nationalism in action.}, author = {Boyer, Dominic and Boyer, Dominic }, citeulike-article-id = {258853}, comment = {Expected online publication date for the Annual Review of Anthropology Volume 34 is September 16, 2005. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/catalog/pub\_dates.asp for revised estimates. Acronyms Terms }, journal = {Annual Review of Anthropology}, keywords = {anthropology, nationalism}, number = {0}, posted-at = {2005-07-18 17:03:39}, priority = {3}, title = {Intellectuals and Nationalism: Anthropological Engagements}, url = {http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143937}, volume = {0} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:258853 L3 - citeulike-article-id:258853 TI - Intellectuals and Nationalism: Anthropological Engagements JF - Annual Review of Anthropology VL - 0 IS - 0 N2 - To what extent are intellectuals artisans of nationalism? In this chapter we review past and present anthropological research that has helped to reveal the agency of intellectuals in the projects and operations of states and nations. If the intellectual has long been defined in the Marxian-Gramscian tradition as a social actor with a special praxical investment in ways and forms of knowing, then what we discuss as "intellectualism," the social formation of knowledge, should be understood as a central dimension of the (re)production of nations and nationalism both inside and outside of states. We suggest that further drawing anthropological attention to intellectuals and their knowledge practices (ranging from the poetic-literary to the technical-administrative) will help the anthropology of nations and nationalism to (a) locate the role of human agency in the creation, circulation, and contestation of national culture, (b) capture the intellectual work involved in nationalism and bureaucracy in its full diversity, and (c) imagine a new series of ethnographic access points among educated professionals for the study of nationalism in action. KW - anthropology KW - nationalism N1 - Expected online publication date for the Annual Review of Anthropology Volume 34 is September 16, 2005. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/catalog/pub_dates.asp for revised estimates. Acronyms Terms AU - Boyer, Dominic AU - Boyer, Dominic UR - http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143937 ER -