Beschreibung:
This book analyses multiculturalism and state-building in contemporary Afghanistan. It explores how modern state construction in twentieth-century Afghanistan led to forced assimilation, expulsion and multiple forms of discriminations and how Afghan nationalism was manufactured as an ideology to reinforce the process of Afghanisation.
1. Introduction 2. Cultural Diversity and the State 3. Afghan Nationalism and its Discontents 4. Modes of Cultural Integration and Homogenisation in Afghanistan 5. The Problematique of Governance of Cultural Diversity 6. Intercultural Dialogue in a Fragile Society 7. Role of External Actors in Afghanistan (1992-2014) 8. Conclusion