1st Edition
National Identity and Geopolitical Visions Maps of Pride and Pain
By Gertjan Dijink
Copyright 1997
198 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the Third Reich to Bosnia, nationalism - a sense of a nation's place in the world - has been responsible for much bloodshed. Nationalism may be manipulated by political leaders or governments but it springs from the people. Something in the history and environment of a national group creates it. This volume aims to locate and analyze the myth of national identity and its value in creating... Read more
Chapter 1 The National Experience of Place; Chapter 2 The Country of Angst(Germany); Chapter 3 Absent Because of Empire (Britain); Chapter 4 The March of Civilization Destiny and Doubts (USA); Chapter 5 The Last Frontier (USA); Chapter 6 Peripheral Dignity and Pain (Argentina); Chapter 7; Chapter 8 The Eurasian Dilemma (Russia); Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11 A World in Itself (India); Chapter 12 Conclusion;
Biography
Gertjan Dijkink is Associate Professor of Political Geography at the University of Amsterdam.
