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barbarians  

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  • In ethnic groups, perception of their own identity is often accompanied by delimiting themselves from an external world that is perceived as totally different. This may imply the suggestion that this external world is uniform just due to its otherness. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Barbarians]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WDPD10TX-V

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