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Exposing the West's idealization of its exclusionary past, Marx forcefully undermines the distinction between a Western nationalism that is civic and tolerant by definition and an oriental nationalism founded on ethnicity and intolerance.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345464168721,"sku":"CIN0195182596G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50346260627729,"sku":"CIN0195182596A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52479692833041,"sku":"NLS9780195182590","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52734494277905,"sku":"NIN9780195182590","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0195182596.jpg?v=1750973199"},{"product_id":"faith-in-nation-book-anthony-w-marx-9780195154825","title":"Faith in Nation","description":"In a departure from the unquestioning liberal consensus that has governed discussions of nationalism for the last quarter of the 20th century, Anthony Marx exposes the hidden underside of Western nationalism. 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