1st Edition

Encyclopaedia of Nationalism

By Athena Leoussi Copyright 2001
324 Pages
by Routledge

324 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

Since the end of the internationalist Soviet experiment in 1989, nationalism is now recognized as a positive, vital force in modern political, cultural, and social life-if kept in check from excess. As a result of the explosion of nationalism, there has been a veritable resurgence of nationalism studies. This proliferation calls for a survey of instruments which have been developed by scholars for... Read more
A; Anti-Semitism; Apartheid; Art and Nationalism; Aryanism; Assimilation; Authenticity; B; Balkanization; Barth, Frederick [Fredrik] (1928-); Berlin’s Conception of Nationalism; C; Chosen People; Citizenship and Nationality; Class and Nation; Communications Theories of Nationalism; Communism and Nationalism; Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism; Cultural Nationalism; D; Decolonization; Diaspora Nationalism; Discrimination; Dominant Ethnie; Durkheim and Nationalism; E; Enlightenment and Nationalism; Ethnic and Civic Nationalism (Hans Kohn’s Typology); Ethnic and Territorial Nationalism; Ethnic Cleansing; Ethnic Competition; Ethnic Humor; Ethnic Minorities; Ethnicity; Ethnicity and Foreign Policy in Multi-Ethnic States: The American Model; Ethnocentrism; Ethnonationalism; Ethno-Symbolism; Everyday Nationalism; F; Fascist Nationalism; Feminism and Nationalism; Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814); Foundation Myths; Fuseli (Fussli), Henry (1741-1825); G; Gellner, Ernest ( 1925-1995 ); Gellner’s Theory of Nationalism: A Critical Assessment; General Will and National Interest; Genocide and Nationalism; Geography and Nationalism; Ghetto; Gobineau, Arthur de (1816-82); H; Habsburg Empire and Nationalism; Herder’s Theory of the Nation; Historicism and Nationalism; Hobsbawm’s Theory of Nationalism; Homeland; Hybridity Theory of Nationalism (Homi Bhabha on Nationalism); I; Idealist Theory of Nationalism; The “Imagined Communities” Theory of Nationalism; Immigration and Nationality; Indigenismo; Individual Choice vs. Ascribed Status in Nationalist Theories; Instrumentalist Theories of Nationalism; Integral Nationalism; Intellectuals and Nationalism; Internal Colonialism; The Invention of Tradition; J; Jingoism; K; Kedourie, Elie (1926-1992); Kin Selection; L; Language and Nation; Liberalism and Nationalism; M; Melting Pot; Mill’s Theory of Nationality and Nationalism; Minorities; Modernization Theories of Nationalism; Multiculturalism; Music and Nationalism; Myth and Symbolism Theory of Nationalism; N; “Nation”: A Survey of the Term in European Languages; Nation-Building; National Autonomy; National Identity; National Stereotypes; National Symbols; Nationalism; Nationalism: Evolution of Nationalism; Nationalism and the “Other”; Nationalism and Patriotism (Minogue’s Theory of Nationalism); Nationality; Nineteen-Eighty-Nine: Significance for Nationalism; P; Patriotism; Perennialism and Modernism; Postcolonialism, Nations, and Nationalism; A Postmodern Conception of the Nation-State; Primordiality; The Psychology of Nationalism; R; Race; Racism; Rational Choice Theories of Nationalism; Regionalism; Religion and Nationalism; Renan, Ernest (1823-1892); Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778); S; Secession and Irredentism; Self-Determination; Sociobiological Theory of Nationalism; Sport and Nationalism; “Springtime of Nations”; State and Nation; T; Tribalism; Typology of Nation-Forming Processes in Europe; W; Weber’s Theory of the Nation; X; Xenophobia; Y; Youth and Nationalism

Biography

Athena Leoussi