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Language, Culture, and National Identity, in Social Research » Read Now
by Eric Hobsbawm. 16 pgs.

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...Language, Culture, and National Identity BY ERIC HOBSBAWM LANGUAGE, culture, and national identity is the title of my paper...Moreover, historically multiple identity lies...
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On Nationality » Read Now
by David Miller. 224 pgs.

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Nationalism is a dominating force in contemporary politics, but political philosophers have been markedly reluctant to discuss, let alone endorse, nationalist ideas. In this book David Miller defends the principle of nationality. He argues that national identities are valid sources of personal...
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Nationalism is a dominating force in contemporary politics, but political philosophers have been markedly reluctant to discuss, let alone endorse, nationalist ideas. In this book David Miller defends the principle of nationality. He argues that national identities are valid sources of personal identity; that we are justified in recognizing special obligations to our co-nationals; that nations have good grounds for wanting to be politically self-determining; but that recognizing the claims of nationality does not entail suppressing other sources of personal identity, such as ethnicity. Finally, he considers the claim that national identities are dissolving in the late twentieth century. This timely and provocative book offers the most compelling defence to date of nationality from a radical perspective. Series description Oxford Political Theory presents the best new work in contemporary political theory. It is intended to be broad in scope, including original contributions to political philosophy, and also work in applied political theory. The series will contain works of outstanding quality with no restriction as to approach or subject matter.
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Myths and Memories of the Nation » Read Now
by Anthony D. Smith. 296 pgs.

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Nations and nationalism remain powerful phenomena in the contemporary world. Why do they continue to inspire such passion and attachments? Myths and Memories of the Nation explores the roots of nationalism by examining the myths, symbols and memories of the nation through a 'ethno-symbolic'...
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Nations and nationalism remain powerful phenomena in the contemporary world. Why do they continue to inspire such passion and attachments? Myths and Memories of the Nation explores the roots of nationalism by examining the myths, symbols and memories of the nation through a 'ethno-symbolic' approach. The book reveals the continuing power of myth and memory to mobilise, define and shape people and their destinies. It examines the variety and durability of ethnic attachments and national identities, and assesses the contemporary revival of ethnic conflicts and nationalism. The book analyses the depth of ethnic attachments and the persistence of nations to this day.
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Ethnic Challenges to the Modern Nation-State » Read Now
by Yoav Peled, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Alberto Spektorowski. 352 pgs.

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This compliation of original essays deals with ethnic challenges to the modern nation-state and to modernity itself, on the philosophical, political and social levels.
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Globalization and National Identities: Crisis or Opportunity? » Read Now
by Paul Kennedy, Catherine J. Danks. 259 pgs.

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Drawing on original research from social scientists working on twelve countries, this book explores the key issues faced by nations and citizens as they struggle to rediscover, reaffirm or reconstruct their sense of national identities in the face of globalizing forces. Some nations and peoples...
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Drawing on original research from social scientists working on twelve countries, this book explores the key issues faced by nations and citizens as they struggle to rediscover, reaffirm or reconstruct their sense of national identities in the face of globalizing forces. Some nations and peoples experience the fragmentation of once certain identities as threatening and likely to generate political and social breakdown. Others encounter globalization as a challenge which brings uncertainties but also opportunities for adaptation, the evolution of hybrid identities or new forms of protest.
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The Myth of Postnational Identity: Popular Support for European Unification, in Social Forces » Read Now
by Mathieu Deflem, Fred C. Pampel. 26 pgs.

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...the continued importance of national identity. With the ratification of...respective countries? Some view the national identity of Europes citizens as crucial...European...
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The Face of the Nation: Immigration, the State, and the National Identity » Read Now
by Keith Fitzgerald. 286 pgs.

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...IMMIGRATION, THE STATE, AND THE NATIONAL IDENTITY The Face of the Nation Immigration, the State, and the National Identity KEITH FITZGERALD Stanford...IMMIGRATION, THE...
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The Necessary Nation » Read Now
by Gregory Jusdanis. 257 pgs.

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In this controversial look at nationalism, Gregory Jusdanis offers a sweeping defense of the nation as a protector of cultural difference and a catalyst for modernization. Since the end of the Cold War, the nation-state has undergone intense scrutiny among critics in the media and the academy. Many...
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In this controversial look at nationalism, Gregory Jusdanis offers a sweeping defense of the nation as a protector of cultural difference and a catalyst for modernization. Since the end of the Cold War, the nation-state has undergone intense scrutiny among critics in the media and the academy. Many believe that civic nationalism may be fruitful but that cultural nationalism fosters xenophobia and backward thinking. Jusdanis, however, emphasizes the positive collaboration between nation-building and culture.Through a series of critical readings of multicultural, postcolonial, and globalization theories, the author reveals how nationalism enables people to defend their distinctive ways of life, to fight colonial oppression, and to build an independent society of citizens. He explains why people over the last two hundred years have politicized their ethnic identities and have sought a union of culture and power within an autonomous nation-state. While seeking to defend nationalism, Jusdanis also examines its potential to unleash extraordinary violence into the world. He thus proposes federalism as a political solution to the challenges posed by nationalism and globalization.Jusdanis applies the tools of disciplines ranging from anthropology to philosophy, as he explores the nation-building projects of numerous and diverse countries around the world. What emerges is a fresh perspective on the subjects of national culture, identity, political nations, globalization, postcolonialism, and diaspora.
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A Geography of Heritage: Power, Culture and Economy (Part II "Heritage and the Cultural Realm: Its Social and Political Uses") » Read Now
by Brian Graham, G. J. Ashworth, J. E. Tunbridge. 255 pgs.

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The exploitation of natural landscapes and historical artefacts as tourism products has given rise to debate. This work provides a synthesis of research on the nature, production, consumption and uses of heritage.
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Enemy Images in American History » Read Now
by Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase, Ursula Lehmkuhl. 404 pgs.

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Since its inception as a nation the USA has allowed in, and is based upon, immigrants. The contributors to this collection of essays look at how the USA so often acts xenophobically towards foreigners and how this affects foreign and domestic policy.
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Passion and Paradox: Intellectuals Confront the National Question » Read Now
by Joan Cocks. 219 pgs.

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From Kosovo to Québec, Ireland to East Timor, nationalism has been a recurrent topic of intense debate. It has been condemned as a source of hatred and war, yet embraced for stimulating community feeling and collective freedom. Joan Cocks explores the power, danger, and allure of nationalism by...
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From Kosovo to Québec, Ireland to East Timor, nationalism has been a recurrent topic of intense debate. It has been condemned as a source of hatred and war, yet embraced for stimulating community feeling and collective freedom. Joan Cocks explores the power, danger, and allure of nationalism by examining its place in the thought of eight politically engaged intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the antagonist of capital, Karl Marx; the critics of imperialism Rosa Luxemburg, Hannah Arendt, and Frantz Fanon; the liberal pluralist Isaiah Berlin; the neonationalist Tom Nairn, and the post-colonial writers, V. S. Naipaul and Edward Said. Cocks not only sheds new light on the complexities of nationalism but also reveals the tensions that have inspired and troubled intellectuals who have sought to lead lives between detached criticism and political passion.In lively, conversational prose, Cocks assesses their treatment of questions such as the mythology of national identity, the right to national self-determination, and the morality of nationalist violence. While ultimately critical of nationalism, she engages sympathetically even with its defenders. By illuminating the links that distinguished minds have drawn between thought and action on nationalism in politics, this stimulating work provides a rich foundation from which we ourselves might think or act more wisely when confronting a phenomenon that, in fundamental and perplexing ways, has shaped our world.
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Flexible Citizenship: The Cultural Logics of Transnationality » Read Now
by Aihwa Ong. 336 pgs.

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...identity and personal identity caused by political...scholar notes, national and ethnic identities...communities" of nationality in the modern era...production of cultural...
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Borders: Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State » Read Now
by Hastings Donnan, Thomas M. Wilson. 179 pgs.

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Borders are where wars start, as Primo Levi once wrote. But they are also bridges - that is, sites for ongoing cultural exchange. Anyone studying how nations and states maintain distinct identities while adapting to new ideas and experiences knows that borders provide particularly revealing windows...
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Borders are where wars start, as Primo Levi once wrote. But they are also bridges - that is, sites for ongoing cultural exchange. Anyone studying how nations and states maintain distinct identities while adapting to new ideas and experiences knows that borders provide particularly revealing windows for the analysis of 'self' and 'other'. In representing invisible demarcations between nations and peoples who may have much or very little in common, borders exert a powerful influence and define how people think as well as what they do. Without borders, whether physical or symbolic, nationalism could not exist, nor could borders exist without nationalism.Surprisingly, there have been very few systematic or concerted efforts to review the experiences of nation and state at the local level of borders. Drawing on examples from the US and Mexico, Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, Spain and Morocco, as well as various parts of Southeast Asia and Africa, this timely book offers a comparative perspective on culture at state boundaries. The authors examine the role of the state, ethnicity, transnationalism, border symbols, rituals and identity in an effort to understand how nationalism informs attitudes and behaviour at local, national and international levels. Soldiers, customs agents, smugglers, tourists, athletes, shoppers, and prostitutes all provide telling insights into the power relations of everyday life and what these relations say about borders.This overview of the importance of borders to the construction of identity and culture will be an essential text for students and scholars in anthropology, sociology, political science, geography, nationalism and immigration studies.
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Cultural Nationalism in East Asia: Representation and Identity » Read Now
by Harumi Befu. 206 pgs.

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...Here, representation of the national identity is verbal rather than physical...to how the contents of this national identity are to be defined and how the...create its own...
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Nationality, Patriotism, and Nationalism in Liberal Democratic Societies » Read Now
by Roger Michener. 256 pgs.

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...systems if they lack a specific national identity. Patriotism as a form of loyalty...today is usually known as a national identity. If this aspect is given due...are on...
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Religion as National Identity in a Secular Society, in Review of Religious Research » Read Now
by Lilly Weissbrod. 18 pgs.

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...RELIGION AS NATIONAL IDENTITY IN A SECULAR SOCIETY LILLY...provide values that delineate national identity. This role is not universal, but...internal contradiction between...