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VOLUME 29

VOLUME 29 420 VOLUME 29 Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 29 (1994) pp. 1-9 THE CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF NILOTIC AFRICA JOHN W. BURTON Department of Anthropology, Connecticut College, New London, CT 04320, U.S.A. This brief essay addresses the historical development of an important sub-Ž eld in modern anthropology- the ethnology of Nilotic Africa. It is likewise concerned with the political circum- stances now confronting Nilotic peoples. In this regard I am particularly concerned with the manner in which contemporary nation-states effect the political and legal rights of indigenous peoples, and how these emergent policies question the value and relevance of the time honored stance and moral presumptions of “cultural relativism” in the anthropological tradition. Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 29 (1994) pp. 10-35 THE UNEXPLAINED MIRACLE REFLECTIONS ON VIETNAMESE NATIONAL IDENTITY AND SURVIVAL CRAIG A. LOCKARD Social Change and Development Department, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301-7001, U.S.A. Most scholars believe that nationalism and the nation state originated in the modernizing West, only permeating “non-Western” societies in the past two centuries in response to Western intrusion. This paper argues that the Vietnamese developed a clear sense of national identity, even perhaps of na- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) Brill

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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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420 VOLUME 29 Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 29 (1994) pp. 1-9 THE CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF NILOTIC AFRICA JOHN W. BURTON Department of Anthropology, Connecticut College, New London, CT 04320, U.S.A. This brief essay addresses the historical development of an important sub-Ž eld in modern anthropology- the ethnology of Nilotic Africa. It is likewise concerned with the political circum- stances now confronting Nilotic peoples. In this regard I am particularly concerned with the manner in which contemporary nation-states effect the political and legal rights of indigenous peoples, and how these emergent policies question the value and relevance of the time honored stance and moral presumptions of “cultural relativism” in the anthropological tradition. Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 29 (1994) pp. 10-35 THE UNEXPLAINED MIRACLE REFLECTIONS ON VIETNAMESE NATIONAL IDENTITY AND SURVIVAL CRAIG A. LOCKARD Social Change and Development Department, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301-7001, U.S.A. Most scholars believe that nationalism and the nation state originated in the modernizing West, only permeating “non-Western” societies in the past two centuries in response to Western intrusion. This paper argues that the Vietnamese developed a clear sense of national identity, even perhaps of na-

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