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Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National"
  On 19 April 1998, the Tiger’s Nest temple, in Taktshang, near Paro in western Bhutan, caught fire and was substantially destroyed. The destruction of this major Buddhist pilgrimage site was attributed, though never publicly established, to be the work of “anti-nationals” or “traitors.” Commencing fieldwork the following summer, I found the so-called anti-national was an ever-present entity. Each evening, I would watch as Senge made offerings to placate those spirits that cause illness, and for a long time, the anti-national felt equally intangible. Conversations would touch on their presence in the community, and I was advised on several occasions about...

  • Type:

    Book Chapter

  • Date:

    07 May 2010

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Penn State University Press

  • Library of Congress:

    J Political Science

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    320 Political science

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Whitecross, R. (2010). Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National". In Kelly, T. & Thiranagama, S. (Eds.). Traitors: Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State Building, 68-88. Penn State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4213-3

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Keywords

Anti-nationalism, democracy, traitors,

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