Varieties of Nationalism
Communities, Narratives, Identities
Harris Mylonas author Maya Tudor author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:3rd Aug '23
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This Element de-links nationalism from ethnicity and argues that much clarity can be brought to the state of nationalism scholarship.
This Element proposes that nationalism can be broken down productively into parts based on three key questions: 1. Does a nation exist? 2. How do national narratives vary? 3. When do national narratives matter?Nationalism has long been a normatively and empirically contested concept, associated with democratic revolutions and public goods provision, but also with xenophobia, genocide, and wars. Moving beyond facile distinctions between 'good' and 'bad' nationalisms, the authors argue that nationalism is an empirically variegated ideology. Definitional disagreements, Eurocentric conceptualizations, and linear associations between ethnicity and nationalism have hampered our ability to synthesize insights. This Element proposes that nationalism can be broken down productively into parts based on three key questions: (1) Does a nation exist? (2) How do national narratives vary? (3) When do national narratives matter? The answers to these questions generate five dimensions along which nationalism varies: elite fragmentation and popular fragmentation of national communities; ascriptiveness and thickness of national narratives; and salience of national identities.
ISBN: 9781108972925
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 147g
75 pages