Nationalism in a Global Era: The Persistence of Nations

ISBN-13: 9780415514569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str.

Mitchell Young;Eric Zuelow;Andreas Sturm

Opis

This collection examines why nations remain strong despite the threat of globalization. The contributors adopt a variety of approaches ranging from theoretical to empirical & historical to sociological, in order to uncover both the reasons why nations continue to remain vital & the mechanisms that help perpetuate them.

Spis treści

The Owl’s Early Flight: Globalization and Nationalism, An Introduction.  Section 1: Theoretical Approaches.  Nations in Decline? The Erosion and Persistence of Modern National Identities.  Comparing Visions of the Nation: The Role of Ethnicity, Religion and Diaspora Nationalism in Armenian, Jewish, and Sikh Relations to the Homeland.  When is the Nation No Longer?  Section 2: Memory and the Persistence of Nations.  The Appeal of Nationhood: National Celebrations & Commemorations.  The Persistence of the Turkish Nation in the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.  Which ‘Nation’ Persists?: The Competing Notions of the Thai Nation as Reflected in Public Monuments.  The Cross, the Madonna, and the Jew: Persistent Symbolic Representations of the Nation in Poland.  National Identity and Tourism in 20th Century Ireland: The Role of Collective Re-Imagining.  Section 3: Threat, Response, Re-Emergence.  The Persistence of the Baltic Nations under Soviet Rule: An Ethno-Symbolist Critique of Modernist Perspectives on the Breakup of the USSR.  Croatian Language Policy: Establishing National Identity in the Era of Globalization.  National Identity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: State Made, Still Durable.

O autorze

Mitchell Young, Eric Zuelow, Andreas Sturm