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- Title
Nationalism in Question.
- Authors
Lawfield, Thomas
- Abstract
This articles questions the definition of nationalism and the social constructs that redefine it today. The author argues that nationalism is commonly understood in a dualistic dichotomy -- either positive or negative. This is partly a problem of the different contextual circumstances within which nationalism occurs, and partly a response to the challenges of understanding such a complex and dynamic phenomenon. Three dualisms are discussed: West vs the rest; civic vs ethnic; and liberal vs illiberal nationalism. This paper argues that these popular analytical simplifications map hide the wider positive/negative poles and also mask the exclusionary dimension.
- Subjects
NATIONALISM; SOCIAL context; CIVICS; ETHNIC groups; SOCIAL theory; WESTERN countries
- Publication
Peace & Conflict Monitor, 2009, p5
- Publication type
Article