Nations and nationalism : a reader / edited by Philip Spencer and Howard Wollman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Philip, author.

Spencer, Philip, 1824-1842, author.

Contributor:

Wollman, Howard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 364 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Nationalism has become a key area of political theory over recent years, with a huge expansion in the amount of literature available. Yet there are very few Readers which bring together the best and most representative of these works in one volume. This Reader includes both the core texts in the area which are required for any course on nationalism, and a selection of more interesting, less mainstream pieces - for example from post-communism and feminism, and debates which have taken place over issues such as citizenship, migration and asylum - with the aim of engaging the reader with some of the contemporary debates which have reconfigured our understanding of nationalism.The overall aim of the Reader is to allow students to draw together and relate theories and debates within and across a range of disciplines, illuminating themes and issues of central importance in both historical and contemporary contexts, and showing how nationalism has evolved and has impacted upon and interacted with other political and social forms and forces.Following a substantial introduction which provides the historical background, the Reader is divided into six sections: (1) The Origins of Nationalism; (2) Approaches to Nationalism; (3) Differentiating Nationalism - Nationalism, Racism, Ethnicity; (4) Forms of Nationalism; (5) National Self-Determination and Nationalist Mobilisation; (6) Globalisation, Citizenship and Nationalism.Key FeaturesOffers a mix of traditional texts from classic writers such as Gellner, Smith, Anderson and Breuilly and more innovative readings from fields such as post-communism and feminismCovers topical debates surrounding citizenship, self-determination, and migrationThe introduction provides the necessary historical background for understanding recent debates and places the contributions in their immediate contextClear guidance for further reading is given at the end of each section

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE THE ORIGINS OF NATIONALISM

1. Ethno-Symbolism and the Study of Nationalism

2. The Construction of Nationhood

3. Nationalism and Modernity

4. Imagined Communities

5. Nationalism and the State

Further Reading

PART TWO APPROACHES TO NATIONALISM

6. Liberal Nationalism - An Irresponsible Compound?

7. Really Existing Nationalisms - A Post-Communist View from Marx and Engels

8. Masculinity and Nationalism - Gender and Sexuality in the Making of Nations

FURTHER READING

PART THREE DIFFERENTIATING NATIONALISM - NATIONALISM, RACISM, ETHNICITY

9. Ethnicity and Nationalism

10 Between Camps

11. Racism and Nationalism

PART FOUR FORMS OF NATIONALISM

12. Civic and Ethnic Nationalism

13. Banal Nationalism

14. Good and Bad Nationalisms

PART FIVE NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONALIST MOBILISATION

15. On National Self-Determination

16. Whose Imagined Community?

17. Constructing National and Cultural Identities in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa

18. How Nationalisms Spread - Eastern Europe Adrift the Tides and Cycles of Nationalist Contention

PART SIX GLOBALISATION, CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALISM

19. Has Globalisation Ended the Rise and Rise of the Nation-State?

20. Citizenship and the Other in the Age of Migration

21. Culture and Political Community - National, Global and Cosmopolitan

REFERENCES

COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474472777

147447277X