The struggling state : nationalism, mass militarization, and the education of Eritrea /
Jennifer Riggan.
- xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Everyday authoritarianism, teachers and the tenuous hy phen in nation-state -- Struggling for the nation: Contradictions of revolutionary nationalism -- "It seemed like a punishment": Coerciv e state effects and the maddening state -- Students or soldiers?: Tr oubled state technologies and the imagined future of educated Eritrea - - Reeducating Eritrea: Disorder, disruption and remaking the nation -- The teacher state: Morality and everyday sovereignty over schools -- Conclusion: Escape, encampment and alchemical nationalism.