1st Edition
Nationalism in a Global Era The Persistence of Nations
This volume makes a unique contribution to the literature on nations and nationalism by examining why nations remain a vibrant and strong social cohesive despite the threat of globalization.
Regardless of predictions forecasting the demise of the nation-state in the global era, the nation persists as an important source of identity, community, and collective memory for most of the world's population. More than simply a corrective to the many scholarly but premature epitaphs for the nation-state, this book explains the continued health of nations in the face of looming threats. The contributors include leading experts in the field, such as Anthony D. Smith, William Safran, Edward Tiryakian as well as younger scholars, whom adopt a variety of approaches ranging from theoretical to empirical and historical to sociological, in order to uncover both the reasons that nations continue to remain vital and the mechanisms that help perpetuate them. The book includes case studies on Ireland, Thailand, Poland, the Baltic States, Croatia and Jordan.
Nationalism in a Global Era will be of great interest to students and researchers of international politics, sociology, nationalism and ethnicity.
The Owl’s Early Flight: Globalization and Nationalism, an Introduction
Eric Zuelow, Mitchell Young, and Andreas Sturm
Section 1: THEORETICAL APPROACHES
Nations in decline? The erosion and persistence of modern national identities Anthony D. Smith
Comparing Visions of the Nation: The Role of Ethnicity, Religion and Diaspora Nationalism in Armenian, Jewish, and Sikh Relations to the Homeland
William Safran
When is the Nation no longer?
Edward A. Tiryakian
Section 2 MEMORY AND THE PERSISTENCE OF NATIONS
The Appeal of Nationhood: National Celebrations & Commemorations
Gabriella Elgenius
The Persistence of the Turkish Nation in the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Christopher S. Wilson
Which ‘Nation’ Persists?: The Competing Notions of the Thai Nation as Reflected in Public Monuments
Andreas Sturm
The Cross, the Madonna, and the Jew: Persistent Symbolic Representations of the Nation in Poland
Geneviève Zubrzycki
National Identity and Tourism in 20th Century Ireland: The Role of Collective Re-Imagining
Eric Zuelow
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
Mark A. Jubulis I
Croatian Language Policy: Establishing National Identity in the Era of Globalization Mitchell Young
National Identity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: State Made, Still Durable Stefanie Nanes
Biography
Mitchell Young, Eric Zuelow, Andreas Sturm
