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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Comprehensive and valuable book
As a member of czech nation and student of anthropology I have found this book very useful, comprehensive and in fact breathtaking. The foregoing objection about Moravian "nation" is irrelevant. The Majority of "Morava" inhabitants conceptualize themselves as members of the Czech nation, living in the region of Morava. Therefore speaking about "Moravian" nation is not...
Published on May 29, 2007 by Milan Hany
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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a narrow picture of identity in the Czech Republic
Holy claims to be writing about the 'Czech nation' and thus very irresponsibly lumps Moravians into that grouping. This is my main complaint. As an anthropologist who has done fieldwork in the area, it seems elementary to make this distinction. Holy is Czech and this may be the best explanation for his neglect
Published on December 31, 1997
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Comprehensive and valuable book,
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This review is from: The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation: National Identity and the Post-Communist Social Transformation (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) (Paperback)
As a member of czech nation and student of anthropology I have found this book very useful, comprehensive and in fact breathtaking. The foregoing objection about Moravian "nation" is irrelevant. The Majority of "Morava" inhabitants conceptualize themselves as members of the Czech nation, living in the region of Morava. Therefore speaking about "Moravian" nation is not common in our culture.
A few of the historical details and citations of some documents are not listed properly.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
a narrow picture of identity in the Czech Republic,
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This review is from: The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation: National Identity and the Post-Communist Social Transformation (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) (Paperback)
Holy claims to be writing about the 'Czech nation' and thus very irresponsibly lumps Moravians into that grouping. This is my main complaint. As an anthropologist who has done fieldwork in the area, it seems elementary to make this distinction. Holy is Czech and this may be the best explanation for his neglect
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The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation: National Identity and the Post-Communist Social Transformation (Cambridge Studies in Social ... by Ladislav Holư (Hardcover - August 28, 1996)
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