Ocgac - Nationalism

De flesta av vår världs väpnade konflikter präglas av nationalism, och nationalism är på nytt en kraft att räkna med, till de flestas förvåning, mångas förtret och andras förtvivlan. Denna titel har tidigare givits ut av SNS förlag men ingår numera…

Om sionismens historia 1898 for en judisk delegation till Palestina, platsen det judiska folket hävdas ha biblisk rätt till. I ett telegram rapporterade de: "Bruden är vacker men har redan en man." Med det menades att Palestina visserligen var ett v…

What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many studies have been written on nationalist political movements, the sense of nationality - the personal and cultural feeling of belonging to a nation - has…

In "Marx at the Margins", Kevin B. Anderson uncovers a variety of extensive but neglected texts by Marx that cast what we thought we knew about his work in a startlingly different light. Analyzing a variety of Marx's writings, including journalistic…

Med den ohyggliga massakern i Norge blev en aspekt av Europas högerradikala våg synlig för hela världen. Hur ser resten ut? Och hur har tillvaron förändrats för de minoriteter och ”kulturmarxister” som lever i de länder där främlingsfien…

”Etnicitet” och ”nationalism” har blivit centrala begrepp i vår tid. I vilken utsträckning är etnicitet beroende av kulturella skillnader, och hur yttrar den sig i praktiken? Thomas Hylland Eriksen visar i denna bok att etnic…

Andersons bok skiljer sig från den omfattande litteraturen i ämnet nationalism genom sina originella infallsvinklar och sitt okonventionella sätt att förhålla sig till den politiska och kulturella verkligheten i andra världsdelar. Anderson avviker f…

This widely-used and acclaimed text provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the main theoretical perspectives on nationalism. The fully-updated 2nd edition includes expanded coverage of recent theories and debates, more systematic crit…

Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme expressions of nationalism, the author turns his attention to the everyd…

Nationalismens historia tolkas; varför har den fortlevt och rentav förstärkts i globaliseringens tidevarv? De aktuella händelserna beskrivs, liksom de politiska strukturer som nationalismen ingår i. Denna titel har tidigare givits ut av SNS förlag m…

Hur kan det komma sig att rasismen, ett halvsekel efter nazismens nederlag och fyrtio år efter avkolonialiseringens epok, fortfarande är ett växande problem? Genom en dialog mellan den franske filosofen Etienne Balibar och den amerikanske historiker…

In this groundbreaking book, Yuval-Davis provides a cutting-edge investigation of the challenging debates around belonging and the politics of belonging. Alongside the hegemonic forms of citizenship and nationalism which have tended to dominate our…

A controversial figure in the history of race relations around the world, Marcus Garvey amazed his enemies as much as he dazzled his admirers. This anthology contains some of the African-American rights advocate's most noted writings and speeches, i…

This is a book about the difficulties of thinking and acting politically in ways that refuse the politics of nationalism. The book offers a detailed study of how contemporary attempts by theorists of cosmopolitanism, citizenship, globalism and multi…

This 3 volume work is a monumental history of the Israel-Palestine conflict by a seasoned reporter with a vast first-hand knowledge of the Middle East. It is the first book ever to put the struggle for Palestine into its global contextto show how al…

From reviews of the first edition: "Brilliant, provocative . . . a great book." New Statesman "An important book . . . It is a new starting line from which all subsequent discussions of nationalism will have to begin." New Society "A better explanat…

The first major study in over three decades to explore the essential arguments of all the major theoretical interpretations of nationalism, from the modernist approaches of Gellner, Nairn, Breuilly, Giddens and Hobsbawm to the alternative paradigms…

The first major study in over three decades to explore the essential arguments of all the major theoretical interpretations of nationalism, from the modernist approaches of Gellner, Nairn, Breuilly, Giddens and Hobsbawm to the alternative paradigms…

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This edition of Elie Kedourie's "Nationalism" brings back into print one of the classic texts of our times. With great elegance and lucidity, the author traces the philosophical foundations of the nationalist doctrine, the conditions which gave rise…

Enligt den vanliga bilden är nationalismen något som i första hand förekom under en begränsad period i de europeiska nationalstaternas utveckling. Även medierna ansluter sig till föreställningen om nationalismen som en irrationell och våldsam avvike…

In this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history. In a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientis…

Nations and Nationalism since 1780 is Eric Hobsbawm's widely acclaimed and highly readable enquiry into the question of nationalism. Events in the late twentieth century in Eastern Europe and the Soviet republics have since reinforced the central im…

This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the vast majority of human beings who consider themselves to be members of various nations. It explores nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout hi…

Nationalismens inbrytning i den moderna världen ses ofta som ett återuppvaknande av primitiva instinkter, eller som en vanföreställning som närs av ett litet fåtal. Här, i Gellners klassiker Nations and Nationalism, tolkas nationalismen utifrån dess…

By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confront the question of how we should construe human rights: as a normative challenge to the ex…

Edward Wilmot Blyden and the Racial Nationalist Imagination is a critical study of one of the most prolific and knowledgeable black-world intellectuals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on his writings, it shows the contradic…

In this new updated edition, Herzfeld includes more discussion about what cultural intimacy has come to mean for other authors and researchers, and how it can contribute to present studies of global processes and the forces that resist them.

REA's MAXnotes for Alex Haley's "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enh…

Nationalism is one of the most powerful forces in the modern world, yet its study has only recently gained popularity. This reader gives historical depth to the recent debates on nationalism and traces the development of thought on nationalism acros…

Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983. Since then it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and is widely considered the most important book on the su…

Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983. Since then it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and is widely considered the most important book on the su…

Ernest Renan was one of the intellectual giants of the second half of the nineteenth century in France, the man who first opened up the study of nationalism. In this book, Shlomo Sand, the author of the best-selling The Invention of the Jewish Peopl…

Ernest Renan was one of the intellectual giants of the second half of the nineteenth century in France, the man who first opened up the study of nationalism. In this book, Shlomo Sand, the author of the best-selling The Invention of the Jewish Peopl…

Cross-border studies have become attractive for a number of fields, including international migration, studies of material and cultural globalization, and history. While cross-border studies have expanded, the critique on nation-centered research le…

Symbols of Nations and Nationalism explores the significance of national symbols and ceremonies in the building of nations. Nations come into being by stages, marked by the adoption of national symbols and ceremonies that reflect significant events.…

'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states. This book surveys the broader meanings of transnationalism within the study of globalization before concentrating on migr…

'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states. This book surveys the broader meanings of transnationalism within the study of globalization before concentrating on migr…

The crisis of the nation-state is one of the most commonly used clichblioges of the last decade, and the future of nationalism appears to be more uncertain than ever as it is caught between globalization and identity politics. In "Nationalism and it…

How people construct their idea of home influences the types of nationalisms that emerge in various parts of the world. These nationalisms can be inclusive or exclusionary, tolerant or intolerant, peaceful or violent. In this text, Ray Taras provide…

Exploring how theories of 'nation-ness' that continue to be evoked in present-day Japan emerged and evolved, Susan L. Burns provides a close examination of kokugaku, a late-eighteenth-century Japanese intellectual movement. Departing from earlier st…

Exploring how theories of 'nation-ness' that continue to be evoked in present-day Japan emerged and evolved, Susan L. Burns provides a close examination of kokugaku, a late-eighteenth-century Japanese intellectual movement. Departing from earlier st…

Nationalism was one of the most important forces in 20th century Japan. It pervaded almost all aspects of Japanese life, but was a far from simple notion, frequently changing, and often meaning different things to different people. This book brings…

This book examines the problematic politics of contemporary nationalism, and the worldwide resurgence of ethno-nationalist conflict. It analyses the core theories of nationalism, building upon these theories and offering a clear analytical framework…

This book examines the problematic politics of contemporary nationalism, and the worldwide resurgence of ethno-nationalist conflict. It analyses the core theories of nationalism, building upon these theories and offering a clear analytical framework…

Bringing together sources from many countries and many centuries, this study critically analyses the growth of nationalism - from medieval ethnic prejudice to the Romantic belief in a nation's "soul". The belief and ideology of the nation's cultural…

A wide-ranging study on the origins of nationalism.

Ethnosymbolism offers a distinct and innovative approach to the study of nations and nationalism. It focuses on the role of ethnic myths, historical memories, symbols and traditions in the creation and maintenance of the collective identity of moder…

The images of Zionist pioneers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--hard working, brawny, and living off the land--sprang from the ascendent socialist Zionist movement in Palestine known as "Labor Zionism." The building of the Yishu…

This definitive biography of George Antonius tells the life story of a man who lived during a dramatic period of history, amid challenge that remains unresolved: the Palestine-Zionist conflict. Betrayal of Palestine is an important and innovative wo…