Nationalism and the multination state

by Dieckhoff, Alain

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Title Statements

Full title :Nationalism and the multination state / Alain Dieckhoff ; translated by Cynthia Schoch.

Summary

Published in English for the first time, this book defends the idea that nationhood remains a central aspect of modernity. After the breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the following decade confirmed this hypothesis with the rise of independence movements in Europe (in Scotland and Flanders) and the persistence of claims to nationhood the world over (for example, in Kurdistan and Tibet). The author's analysis has two aims: to understand the hidden social and cultural underpinnings of post-Cold War identity dynamics, from Kosovo to Catalonia and from Flanders to Corsica; and to examine how societies can meet the challenge of national pluralism. Finding liberalism, republicanism and multiculturalism unequal to this task, he argues that only by building "multination" democratic states can the issues be properly addressed and secessions prevented. Contemporary liberal discourse often treats nationalism as an archaic aberration - as a primitive form of tribalism astray in the modern world. The author's sensitive and clear-headed analysis shows why nationalism is in fact a fundamental facet of modernity, which must be dealt with as such by states vulnerable to breakup.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 215 pages ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0190607912, 9780190607913
oclc:ocn938989897
LC Classification:JC311
Dewey Decimal:320.54

Foreword. Part 1 The call of nationalism : Nationalism and globalization -- The nation as a community of culture -- culture, a state affair -- The appeal of nationalism. Part 2 Multinationality: a challenge for the state : The imperfect trinity -- Autonomy without territory -- Territorial autonomy -- The secessionist temptation. Conclusion: the future of pluralism. Appendix: summary of methods for managing national diversity. Notes -- Index.