
It's Nation Time
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Jerry White offers a defence of the nation based on the assumption that struggles for national identity have often unfolded in ways that should be familiar to those who defend the political standpoint of the progressive left. Having evolved into something that a wide variety of actors have sought to defend, nations can also serve as a defence against the homogenizing forces of globalization and as havens of diversity in opposition to more singularly minded forms of affiliation. It's Nation Time is structured as a series of specific case studies that speak to theories of nation and their historical and cultural manifestations. It includes examples as varied as Black nationalism, Simone Weil's hopes for a postwar France, the first independence period of Georgia, the Bollywood cinema of Nehru-era India, and small or stateless nations such as New Zealand, Quebec, Ireland, Catalonia, the Metis, the Mohawk, and the Inuit to argue that nationalism is a social form that has much potential and life in it.
Broadly internationalist but also deeply insightful about the particular cultures and politics of small nations, It's Nation Time defends an idea of nation, and a form of nationalism that are rooted in the potential for diversity, flexibility, and progressive politics.
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"In this rich, nourishing, and nuanced work, Jerry White takes sides: his is a clear and renewed vision of the nation, one open to the world, protective of diversity, structured around culture, and cultivating belonging and solidarity. Among this vision's many merits is its articulation of Indigenous - Inuit, Metis, Mohawk - understandings of nation and community as models of what nations could and should become. This is a book that deals with major, complex issues with ease and astounding erudition, written in prose that rewards the attention of its readers." Gerard Bouchard, author of The Making of the Nations and Cultures of the New World: An Essay in Comparative HistoryMore details
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- Cover
- IT'S NATION TIME
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ethnos
- 2 Republics
- 3 Commonwealths
- 4 Federations I: Western Europe
- 5 Federations II: Towards a Union
- 6 Two Visions of the Future
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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