Deconstructing the History of Nationalism: the Cultural Turn and Post-structuralism.

• What is nationalism and how can we study it from a historical perspective? Writing the History of Nationalism answers this question by examining eleven historical approaches to nationalism studies in theory and practice. An impressive cast of contributors cover the history of nationalism from a wide range of thematic approaches, from traditional modernist and Marxist perspectives to more recent debates around gender. This book is essential reading for undergraduate students of history, politics and sociology wanting to understand the complex yet fascinating history of nationalism. The deconstruction of discourses, the critical assessment of underlying assumptions and ways in which we write and talk about nationalism, is the focus of chapter eight. Nations rely on nationalist claims about history and national identity for political authority and legitimacy. It is the discourse of nationalism that turns culture into politics and power through its support of dominant assumptions about nations. The national rhetoric, historical narration and symbolic repertoire of nations are therefore analytically significant to support discursive claims about nationalism as social solidarity, national unity, ethnic homogeneity and earned membership.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Idé- och lärdomshistoria (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- History of Science and Ideas (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Andra geografiska studier (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Social and Economic Geography -- Other Geographic Studies (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Sociology (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Historia (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- History (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Nationalism

theories of nationalism

historiography and social history

the cultural turn

poststructuralism

deconstruction

discourse

nationalism as a discourse of social solidarity

symbolic repertoires and political legitimacy.

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