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A thorough exploration of the ideas of leading socialist and anarchist theorists about nationalism and the challenges it presented to the labor movement from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries.

The resurgence of nationalism accompanying the decline of communism has been taken to indicate ...

A thorough exploration of the ideas of leading socialist and anarchist theorists about nationalism and the challenges it presented to the labor movement from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries.

The resurgence of nationalism accompanying the decline of communism has been taken to indicate the failure of socialist theory to grasp the nature of this phenomenon. Against both those who argue that the radical tradition has ignored and underestimated nationalism and those who accuse it of economic reductionism, this careful analysis of the idea of the nation as it was developed in the work of the major thinkers of the international labor movement reveals evidence of how seriously they grappled with nationalism.

Each of the main sections of the book focuses on the most influential theorists of the international labor movement as it became organized and grew: Bakunin, Marx, and Engels and the concern of the First International (1864-1876) with class solidarity across political borders; Lenin, Luxemburg, and Bauer and the preoccupation of the Second International (1889-1914) with socialism in ethnically plural societies; Stalin and Gramsci in relation to the substitution by the Third International (1919-1943) of nation-building and national liberation for the old class project.

In the conclusion, the author examines the relationships among ethnic and civic nationality, national self-determination, republican institutions, and the process of globalization from the perspective of the post-Soviet era and in the light of social theory and Kant's ideas about cosmopolitan right.

Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961), Bernard Leach and Hamada Shoji are the golden trio of the Mingei (folkcrafts) movement. Regarded as the 'Oriental' movement, it began in Japan around the 1920s and has spread worldwide. It has created many Mingei phenomena such as Mingei museums, Mingei ...

Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961), Bernard Leach and Hamada Shoji are the golden trio of the Mingei (folkcrafts) movement. Regarded as the 'Oriental' movement, it began in Japan around the 1920s and has spread worldwide. It has created many Mingei phenomena such as Mingei museums, Mingei connoisseurs/collectors, Mingei shops and Mingei restaurants. The theory at its core and its adaptation by Leach, has long been an influential 'Oriental' aesthetic philosophy for studio craft artists in the West. But why did it become so influential? And is the 'Orientalness' in Mingei theory be nothing more than myth? This book offers controversial new evidence through its cross-cultural examination of a wide range of materials in Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese, bringing startling conclusions about Japanese modernization and cultural authenticity.

"This book admirably fills a glaring gap in our understanding of how to think intelligently about China. Grounding his insights in an extensive survey of recent American and Chinese portrayals of the other country, the author demonstrates convincingly how even specialists can feed the 'fears and ...

"This book admirably fills a glaring gap in our understanding of how to think intelligently about China. Grounding his insights in an extensive survey of recent American and Chinese portrayals of the other country, the author demonstrates convincingly how even specialists can feed the 'fears and fantasies' that shape and distort our respective perceptions and reinforce the stereotypes that complicate the formulation of sound policy. Remarkably, the lessons are as valuable for Chinese readers as for American, for the general public as for the foreign policy expert."--J. Stapleton Roy, former U.S. ambassador to the People's Republic of China

"At the heart of the volatile Sino-American relationship is the interaction of perceptions, identities, and mass nationalism. Exploring multiple media, Peter Gries captures the caricatures, stereotypes, and mutual portrayals that demonize the 'other.' This book uncovers troubling implications about the 'inner structure' of U.S.-China relations and should be read by scholars, analysts, and policymakers alike."--David Shambaugh, George Washington University & The Brookings Institution, author of "Modernizing China's Military

"Gries, in full command of the Chinese media, has given us a lively and lucid interdisciplinary study of Chinese self-perception, bringing forward images of the US that have mostly worked to complicate communications in Sino-American relations. An excellent contribution to Chinese foreign-relations studies."--Allen Whiting, University of Arizona, author of "The Chinese Calculus of Deterrence

"Provides an indispensable psychological dimension to the analysis of China's relations with America-especially important today whendemonizing the other side has become commonplace on both sides of the Pacific Ocean."--Peter Van Ness, editor of "Debating Human Rights: Critical Essays from the United States and Asia