‘Dominant ethnicity’ and the ‘ethnic-civic’ dichotomy in the work of A. D. Smith

This article considers the way in which the work of Anthony Smith has helped to structure debates surrounding the role of ethnicity in present-day nations. Two major lines of enquiry are evident here. First, the contemporary role of dominant ethnic groups within 'their' nations and second, the interplay between ethnic and civic elements in nationalist argument. The two processes are related, but maintain elements of distinctiveness. Smith's major contribution to the dominant ethnicity debate has been to disembed ethnicity from the ideologically-charged and/or anglo-centric discourse of ethnic relations and to place it in historical context, thereby opening up space for dominant group ethnicity to be considered as a distinct phenomenon. This said, Smith's work does not adequately account for the vicissitudes of dominant ethnicity in the contemporary West. Building on the classical works of Hans Kohn and Friedrich Meinecke, Anthony Smith has also made a seminal contribution to the debate on civic and ethnic forms of national identity and nationalist ideology. As well as freeing this debate from the strong normative overtones which it has often carried, he has continued to insist that the terms civic and ethnic should be treated as an ideal-typical distinction rather than a scheme of classification

The Jews of Baghdad in 1910.

Donated by Klaus KreiserReprinted from in : Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies / Frank Cass : London, 1974

Young Turks, Freemasons and Jews

Donated by Klaus KreiserReprinted from in : Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1971)

The Impact of the young Turk revolution on the Arabic-speaking provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

Donated by Klaus KreiserReprinted from in : Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies / Frank Cass : London, 1974

Afghani and Abduh : An Essay on Religious Unbelief and Political Activism in Modern Islam

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Islam in the modern world: and other studies

The Arab world has gained new and eritical prominence im world affairs Ele Kedourie main tains that to understand Arab politics one must first understand Islam, the religion of the overwhelming majority of Arabs and unquestionably the single greatest influence on Arab culture. By viewing current events in the context of Istam, Kedourie is able to elucidate their causes historically and anticipate their likely effects332 hlm.; 24 hl