Chapter Two IS THE NATION AN IMAGINED COMMUNITY?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. About the Series ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. Introduction MODERNITY IN THE BALANCE, THE ‘‘TRANSGRESSIVE’’ ESSAY, AND DECOLONIZATION 1
7. Chapter One THE CHANGING FACES OF HISTORICAL TIME 29
8. Chapter Two IS THE NATION AN IMAGINED COMMUNITY? 57
9. Chapter Three ‘‘NOW TIME’’: SUBALTERN PASTS AND CONTESTED HISTORICISM 97
10. Chapter Four THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NATION AND THE DISPLACEMENTS OF SOCIAL METAPHOR IN BOLIVIA 143
11. Notes 183
12. References 197
13. Index 209