附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-257) and index.
Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE -- On Nationalism 17 -- The Union of Nation and State 18 -- Nations as Self-Institutions 23 -- Emotional Attachments 28 -- Ancient Roots 36 -- National Integration 39 -- CHAPTER TWO -- The Autonomy of Culture? 44 -- Culture as a Totality 46 -- Culture as Way of Life 49 -- Absolute States and Religious Wars 52 -- Culture as Secondary Agent 55 -- Nationalism as a Reactive Force 58 -- The Chicken or the Egg? 65 -- CHAPTER THREE -- The Bastion of National Culture 71 -- Fortress Culture 77 -- National Culture in Aspiration 83 -- Intellectuals and Class Interest 86 -- The Perils of Comparisons 89 -- National Intellectuals 93 -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Progress and Belatedness 102 -- Being Late 105 -- Catching Up 108 -- Greece: Postcolonial Narratives 110 -- Of Backwardness and Change 114 -- The Greek Culture Wars 118 -- The Discovery of Tardiness 122 -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Political Nations 134 -- England 137 -- Canada 143 -- Brazil 148 -- Egypt 151 -- The United States 155 -- Civic Identity 162 -- CHAPTER SIX -- The End of Identities? 166 -- The Disconnecting of America 166 -- Of Two Multiculturalisms 169 -- Racial Panethnicities 177 -- Culture, Culture Everywhere 185 -- Does Globalization Spell the End? 192 -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Federal Unions 197 -- Private Identities, Public Assimilation 201 -- Endless Diaspora 205 -- Liberal Nationalism 211 -- Federalism 215 -- REFERENCES 225 -- INDEX 259.
摘要:"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 theories, the author reveals how nationalism enables people to defend their distinctive ways of life, to fight colonial oppression, and to build an independent society of citizens. He explains why people over the last two hundred years have politicized their ethnic identities and have sought a union of culture and power within an autonomous nation-state. While seeking to defend nationalism, Jusdanis also examines its potential to unleash extraordinary violence into the world. He thus proposes federalism as a political solution to the challenges posed by nationalism and globalization." "Jusdanis applies the tools of disciplines ranging from anthropology to philosophy, as he explores the nation-building projects of numerous and diverse countries around the world. What emerges is a fresh perspective on the subjects of national culture, identity, political nations, globalization, postcolonialism, and diaspora."--Jacket.
