The many faces of patriotism / edited by Philip Abbott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbott, Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patriotism.

Physical Description:

xxv, 165 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

In the decades following the end of the Cold War, scholars turned their attention to reevaluating patriotism. Many saw its ability to serve as a cohesive force and also its desirability as a political and moral concept waning in a time of peace and globalization. The shock of September 11 shook this assessment, as it brought a new surge of patriotism to America. In this volume, thirteen authors debate the consequences of the twenty-first century's patriotic resurgence, examining it both in theoretical and in comparative terms that draw on examples of patriotism from ancient Greece to post-apartheid South Africa.

Each author has chosen a different angle of approach, examining a variety of interlinking questions. Should patriotism be defined to enhance universalistic concerns or is its particularistic vantage point the source of its virtue? Is patriotism a concept prone to manipulation by elites or is it a source of independent judgments by citizens? If patriotism is love of one's country, how is that love best expressed? Is such love demonstrated by fidelity, gratitude, compassion, remembrance, shame, dissent, or some combination? Joined together by Philip Abbott's incisive introduction, the essays illuminate the multifaceted nature of patriotism today.

Contents:

Patriotism and multiculturalism / Walter Berns

Compassion and terror / Margaret C. Nussbaum

In the name of the nation : reflections on nationalism and patriotism / Rogers Brubaker

"Flying the flag of Rough Branch" : rethinking post-September 11 patriotism through the writings of Wendell Berry / Ian DeWeese-Boyd and Margaret DeWeese-Boyd

Reflections on white and black allegiances to South Africa : race, class and "The Nation" / Sakhela Buhlungu

Race, nation, democracy : questioning patriotism in the new South Africa / Gerhard Maré

Patriotism in interesting times / Roger Wilkins

Shifting Labor's loyalties : redefining citizenship and allegiance in the 1940s Left / Elizabeth Faue

Patriotism and dissent : the Vietnam Era / Melvin Small.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0742550702

9780742550704

0742550710

9780742550711

OCLC:

71348638