Synopses & Reviews
How people construct their idea of home influences the types of nationalisms that emerge in various parts of the world. In this important new book, Ray Taras provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and study of nationalism. He describes what happens when home is defined as empire (Russia and India), secessionist state (KwaZulu and Quebec), uninational Volkstaat (Germany and Israel), or transnational community (Islam and anti-Americanism). Finally, he explores the idea that the mantra of multiculturalism has fuelled conflicts over what home is and generates divisions within and between communities.
Synopsis
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 important new book, Ray Taras provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and study of nationalism. He describes what happens when home is defined as empire (Russia and India), secessionist state (KwaZulu and Quebec), uninational Volkstaat (Germany and Israel), or transnational community (Islam and anti-Americanism). Finally, he explores the idea that the mantra of multiculturalism has fuelled conflicts over what home is and generates divisions within and between communities.
Synopsis
How people construct their idea of home influences the types of nationalisms that emerge in various parts of the world. In this important new book, Ray Taras provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and study of nationalism. He describes what happens when home is defined as empire (Russia and India), secessionist state (KwaZulu and Quebec), uninational Volkstaat (Germany and Israel), or transnational community (Islam and anti-Americanism). Finally, he explores the idea that the mantra of multiculturalism has fuelled conflicts over what home is and generates divisions within and between communities.
About the Author
Ray Taras is at the Department of Political Science, Tulane University, New Orleans.
Table of Contents
New Millennium, Old Nationalism? * Nations and Nationalism Historically * Nationalisms Conceptuality * Home Writ Large: Nationalism and the Maintenance of Empire * Home Writ Small: Nationalisms of Separatist Movements * Uninational Homes: Right-Wing Nationalism * Transnational Homes and Pan-Nationalisms * Nationalisms, Homes, and Hostilities