The necessary nation / Gregory Jusdanis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jusdanis, Gregory, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. On Nationalism

CHAPTER TWO. The Autonomy of Culture?

CHAPTER THREE. The Bastion of National Culture

CHAPTER FOUR. Progress and Belatedness

CHAPTER FIVE. Political Nations

CHAPTER SIX. The End of Identities?

CHAPTER SEVEN. Federal Unions

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-257) and index.

ISBN:

9786613134646

9780691070292

0691070296

9781400814411

1400814413

9781283134644

1283134640

9781400824151

140082415X

OCLC:

730151794