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Liberal and illiberal nationalisms / Ray Taras.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taras, Ray, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism.
- Nationalism--History.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- How people construct their idea of home influences the types of nationalisms that emerge in various parts of the world. In this important new book, Ray Taras provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and study of nationalism. He describes what happens when home is defined as empire (Russia and India), secessionist state (KwaZulu and Quebec), uninational Volkstaat (Germany and Israel), or transnational community (Islam and anti-Americanism). Finally, he explores the idea that the mantra of multiculturalism has fuelled conflicts over what home is and generates divisions within and between communities.
- Contents:
- Introduction: New Millennium, Old Nationalisms? xi
- The plurality of nationalisms xi
- Structure of the study xii
- Reaching beyond Western approaches xiv
- 1 Nations and Nationalisms Historically 1
- Nationhood and language 3
- The universal nations of antiquity 5
- The Roman Empire and the church in the development of nations 8
- Renaissance and national awakenings 14
- The Westphalian state system 25
- A new way to nationhood: the US 28
- The French Revolution and liberal nationalism 30
- The ascendance of economic and illiberal nationalisms 35
- Nationalism before and after the Second World War 37
- 2 Nationalisms Conceptually 40
- The concept of nation 40
- The idea of nationality 42
- The concept of the nation-state 44
- The concept of national identity 45
- The principle of national self-determination 48
- The meaning of nationalism 50
- Typologies of nationalism 52
- Schools of nationalism 58
- 3 Home Writ Large: Nationalism and the Maintenance of Empire 65
- The character of empires 66
- RUSSIA: Russian nationalism and the imperial idea 70
- Contemporary discourses on Russian identity 76
- Russian nationalists right and left 79
- Challenges from within the new Russian empire 82
- Russia's view of home 85
- INDIA: Thesis-antithesis: the British empire and Indian nationalism 86
- Institutionalizing Indian nationalism 88
- Gandhi, the national movement, and Muslim nationalism 90
- Hindu nationalism triumphant 92
- The Indian empire and subnationalist challenges 95
- Secular pretensions, religious realities 99
- 4 Home Writ Small: Nationalisms of Separatist Movements 103
- South Africa: Secession in a new democracy 106
- The Zulu kingdom 107
- Transition to democracy and ethnic politics 110
- Competing visions in Zulu politics 116
- Conclusions on Zulu separatism 118
- Canada: Quebec's struggle for sovereignty 118
- The bases of Quebec nationalism 121
- Institutionalizing nationalism 125
- Legal challenges to Quebec's right to secede 128
- Reimagining Quebec 132
- Conclusions on Quebec nationalism 136
- 5 Uninational Homes: Right-Wing Nationalism 137
- Reactionary forms of nationalism 137
- Germany: Sources of right-wing extremism 138
- Backlash against anti-nationalism 141
- Becoming 'foreign' or reclaiming the German home? 143
- Political parties of the right 149
- Shock troops of the right 151
- Conclusions on the German radical right 153
- Israel: Right-wing fundamentalism 154
- Zionism, nationalism, fundamentalism 155
- Constructing Israel historically and conceptually 158
- Right-wing organizations 161
- The right's grip on power 164
- Rabin and the right 165
- Conclusions on the Israeli right 169
- 6 Transnational Homes: Pan-Nationalisms 171
- The Islamic Umma: (Mis)understanding the Islamic world 172
- The polycentrism of Islam 176
- Islam's radical leaders 179
- (Ab)uses of the Other 182
- Conclusions on Islam as transnational community 185
- Latin America: Identity and anti-Americanism 185
- Continental nationalism in Latin America 187
- The beginnings of anti-Americanism 188
- The rise and decline of anti-Americanism 191
- Conclusions on anti-Americanism 194
- 7 Nationalisms, Homes, and Hostilities 196
- Westerncentricity 196
- The link between home and hostility 199
- The multicultural threat 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333961196
- OCLC:
- 49739378
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