ISBN:
9781400824151
,
140082415X
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (272 pages)
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Jusdanis, Gregory Necessary Nation
DDC:
306
Schlagwort(e):
Nationalism
;
Culture
;
Political Science
;
Social Science
;
Culture
;
Nationalism
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
PHILOSOPHY ; Political
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
In this controversial look at nationalism, Gregory Jusdanis offers a sweeping defense of the nation as a protector of cultural difference and a catalyst for modernization. Since the end of the Cold War, the nation-state has undergone intense scrutiny among critics in the media and the academy. Many believe that civic nationalism may be fruitful but that cultural nationalism fosters xenophobia and backward thinking. Jusdanis, however, emphasizes the positive collaboration between nation-building and culture. Through a series of critical readings of multicultural, postcolonial, and globalization
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