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In The Spectre of Comparisons, Benedict Anderson recalls being asked in 1963 by a European diplomat to translate a speech given by Indonesian president Sukarno. Unexpectedly, in the middle of his speech, Sukarno began to discuss Adolf Hitler, describing him as a clever, idealistic, and patriotic leader. Anderson reported he felt vertigo as he listened to the account: ‘For the first time in my young life I had been invited to see my Europe as through an inverted telescope’.1 Characteristics that evoked opprobrium in one civilization could elicit praise in another.
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Benedict Anderson, The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia and the World. London: Verso, 1998, p.2.
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Taras, R. (2002). Nationalisms, Homes, and Hostilities. In: Liberal and Illiberal Nationalisms. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596405_7
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