Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Nation against state; 2. Freedom, nation, and personhood; 3. Self-stereotypes and national traditions; 4. National traditions and the imagining of the nation; 5. National traditions and the political process; 6. Nation and state in the context of Czech culture.

Promotional Information

Timely and insightful study of Czech nationalism and identity in the post-communist period.

Reviews

"Serious students of Czech culture and politics can ill afford to ignore Holy's fascinating book." H. Steck, Choice "As it challenges recent understandings of central and eastern European economic and political developments as 'natural' in themselves, the material within The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation will be extremely useful to anthropologists who work in the region." Rebecca Nash, American Anthropologist "...a valuable and suggestive study...to enrich our understanding of the domestic transitions from communism Carol Skalnik Leff, Slavic Review