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Against Orthodoxy

Against Orthodoxy

Studies in Nationalism

Edited by Trevor W. Harrison and Slobodan Drakulic

Published by: University of British Columbia Press

Imprint: UBC Press

376 Pages, 152.00 × 229.00 mm

Paperback
9780774820943
Published: July 2012

£28.99

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Hardcover
9780774820936
Published: August 2011

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During the Cold War, nationalism fell from favour among theorists as an explanatory factor in history, as Marxists and liberals looked to class and individualism as the driving forces of change. The resurgence of nationalism after the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, called for a reconsideration of nationalism.

Against Orthodoxy uses case studies from around the world to critically evaluate more than a quarter-century of scholarship. The authors argue that theories of nationalism have benefitted from fresh insights, but have also ossified into a new set of orthodoxies: some scholars characterize nationalism as an outgrowth of modernity, others view it as a European export, and still others see it as the brainchild of intellectuals. The theoretically informed and empirically grounded studies in this volume challenge these orthodoxies and offer new ways to think about nationalism.

Collectively, these essays show that nationalism is not a singular phenomenon but rather a generative force reflecting complex historical, political, and cultural arrangements that defy simplistic explanations.

Introduction / Slobodan Drakulic and Trevor W. Harrison

Part 1: Theory and History

1 Academic Nationalism / Slobodan Drakulic

2 Do Nationalists Have Navels? Where Is Childhood in Nationalism Theory? / Karen Stanbridge

3 Tolerant Majorities, Loyal Minorities, and "Ethnic Reversals": Constructing Minority Rights at Versailles, 1919 / Liliana Riga and James Kennedy

Part 2: Minorities and Civil Society

4 Neither Perennial nor Modern: Christian-Muslim Enmities in the Balkans / Slobodan Drakulic

5 Understanding Multiculturalism in Divided Societies: Exploring a New Path / Elke Winter

6 Canada's French Fact -- or Facts? / Rémi Léger

7 Civic and Ethnic Nationalist Narratives in Ethiopia / Sarah Vaughan

Part 3: Politics and the State

8 Militarism and Nationalism in Japan / Trevor W. Harrison

9 Who Are the Nationalists? A Profile of Scottish National Party Supporters / Michael Rosie and Ross Bond

10 After the PRI: Neo-Liberalism and Nationalism in Mexico / Julián Castro-Rea

Part 4: The International Dimension

11 Messianic Nationalism: The American Imperative / Michael Parenti

12 Islamic Nationalism, Imperialism, and the Middle East / Trevor W. Harrison

13 Progressive Inter-Nationalist Nationalisms: The Return of Transformative, Anti-Imperialist Traditions / Gordon Laxer

14 Implacable Foes or Strange Bedfellows? The Promise and Pitfalls of Eco-Nationalism in a Globalized World / John Hannigan

Conclusion / Trevor W. Harrison and Slobodan Drakulic

Index

Trevor W. Harrison is a professor of sociology at the University of Lethbridge, associate director of the same university's Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economics, and co-founder and director of the Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta. Slobodan Drakulic was an associate professor of sociology at Ryerson University.