National collective identity : social constructs and international systems / Rodney Bruce Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Rodney Bruce, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations and culture.

International relations--Philosophy.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xv, 397 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1999]

Summary:

Hall illustrates how centuries-old dynastic traditions have been replaced in the modern era by nationalist and ethnic identity movements.

Contents:

Part I Collective Identity and International Relations Theory

1. International Relations Without Nations? 3

2. Social Identities and Social Systems 26

3. Identities and Social Orders: International Systems in Modern History 51

Part II Territorial-Sovereign Identity

4. Raison d'Etat and Territorial Sovereignty: Mercantilist Absolutism and Eighteenth-Century Imperialism 77

5. Territorial-Sovereign Identity and the Seven Years' War 105

Part IIi National-Sovereign Identity

6. The Emergence of National-Sovereign Identity: Revolutionary Nationalism and Reaction 133

7. Use and Misuse of the Principle of Nationality: The Demise of the Second Empire and the Birth of the Second Reich 173

8. National Sovereignty and the New Imperialism: The Global Transmission of Bourgeois-National Identity and Culture 214

9. "Over-the-Top" and "Over There": Status Contests Among National-Sovereigns 248

10. The Helpless Colossus: The Politics of Identity and Hopeful Nondeterminism 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-364) and index.

ISBN:

0231111509

0231111517

OCLC:

39322799