-About this book
Around the world today, nationalism is backand its often deeply troubling. Populist politicians exploit nationalism for authoritarian, chauvinistic, racist, and xenophobic purposes, reinforcing the view that it is fundamentally reactionary and antidemocratic. But Yael (Yuli) Tamir makes a passionate argument for a very different kind of nationalismone that revives its participatory, creative, and egalitarian virtues, answers many of the problems caused by neoliberalism and hyperglobalism, and is essential to democracy at its best. In Why Nationalism, she explains why it is more important than ever for the Left to recognize these qualities of nationalism, to reclaim it from right-wing extremists, and to redirect its power to progressive ends.
Far from being an evil force, nationalisms power lies in its ability to empower individuals and answer basic human needs. Using it to reproduce cross-class coalitions will ensure that all citizens share essential cultural, political, and economic goods. Shifting emphasis from the global to the national and putting ones nation first is not a way of advocating national supremacy but of redistributing responsibilities and sharing benefits in a more democratic and just way.
In making the case for a liberal and democratic nationalism, Tamir also provides a compelling original account of the ways in which neoliberalism and hyperglobalism have allowed todays Right to co-opt nationalism for its own purposes.
-Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
Foreword by Dani Rodrik xxxvii
A Personal Note xli
PART I: THE RETURN OF HISTORY
1 The New Nationalism 3
2 Never Say Never 13
3 Untidy Compromises 22
4 The Two Faces of Janus 26
5 Nutopia 33
PART II: LOVE AND MARRIAGE: THE VIRTUES OF NATIONALISM
6 Living beyond Our Psychological Means 43
7 Nation Building 52
8 National Creativity 61
9 This Place We Call Home 68
10 La Vie Quotidian 72
11 Subjects into Citizens 77
12 A Short History of the Cross-Class Coalition 85
PART III: A DIVIDED HOUSE
13 The Breakdown of the Cross-Class Coalition 93
14 One Nation, Divided, under Stress 102
15 The Elephant in the Room 108
16 The Birth of a Nationalist 119
17 The Nationalism of the Vulnerable 127
18 The Nationalism of the Affluent 142
PART IV: A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT
19 Liberal Nationalism 155
20 This Is the Time 166
21 A Race to the Bottom 172
Notes 183
Index 199
-Caractéristiques
Date de parution :12 Février 2019
Publisher : Princeton Univers
N.de pages : 205 pages
ISBN-10 : 0691190100
ISBN-13 : 978-0691190105
Dimensions : 14.73 x 2.54 x 21.84 cm
Language: English
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