Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World: Walker Connor and the Study of Nationalism

Daniele Conversi

Psychology Press, 2004 - Political Science - 302 pages

In Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World, world-renowned scholars employ various aspects of Connor's work to explicate the recent upsurge of nationalism on a global scale. In keeping with the growing awareness that the study of ethnonationalism requires an interdisciplinary approach, the contributors represent a number of academic disciplines, including anthropology, geography, history, linguistics, social psychology, sociology and world politics. The book discusses issues such as identity, ethnicity and nationalism, primordialism, social constructionism, ethnic conflict, separatism and federalism. It also features case studies on the Basque country, South Africa and Canada.

Contents

• Conceptualizing nationalism An introduction to Walker Connors work: 1
• Challenging the dogma of economism: 4
• a contrast with Ernest Gellner: 6
• Modernization and modernism: 7
• Nationalism as an emotional bond: 9
• A critique of intellectual elitism: 11
• Outline of the book: 12
• Notes: 18
• References: 20
• Nationalism and political illegitimacy: 24
• Selfdetermination: 26
• Popular popular sovereignty: 28
• The irregular trajectory of selfdetermination: 32
• The nonessentiallty of state legitimacy: 36
• By way of summary: 41
• Notes: 42
• References: 47
• Modernity and emotions: 51
• Dating the nation: 53
• Ethnonationalism: 55
• From ethnic group to nation: 56
• Nations and modernity: 58
• The mass nation: 59
• Psychology and structure: 63
• National symbols and institutions: 64
• Ancient nations?: 65
• Conclusion: 68
• References: 69
• The primordialists: 72
• What primordialists leave open: 75
• Evolutionary primordialism: 77
• Political entrepreneurs and primordialism: 80
• References: 81
• 5 The primordialist constructivist debate today: 83
• The basic nature of the languageethnicity link: 84
• The causal consequences of the authentic languageethnicity link: 85
• ideal worlds that are worlds apart: 86
• The price of an ethnolinguistic ally diverse and pluralistic world: 87
• What kind of help do latecomers need and want?: 88
• Notes: 90
• Case studies: 93
• Sabinos sin Raeism and thr founding of Basque nationalism: 95
• The European racialist discourse: 96
• Basque racialist discourse: 98
• Creating a Basque race: 101
• Sabinos political agenda and racialist views: 102
• Discussion: 107
• Notes: 108
• References: 110
• Ethnonationalism in black and white Scholars and the South African revolution: 113
• the early years I94861: 114
• the consolidation of apartheid 196176: 117
• against the world 197690: 121
• explaining Mandelas miracle: 124
• Notes: 127
• References: 128
• Contemporary political discourse in Canada: 130
• Setting the scene: 131
• Sovereignty and separation: 136
• The distinct society and la survivance: 137
• Nationalism in Quebec: 138
• The latest reports: 143
• Conclusion: 144
• Notes: 146
• References: 147
• Applied Connorian perspectives: 151
• Federations and the management of nations Agreements and arguments with Walker Connor and Ernest Gellner: 153
• Connor and Gellner on the scale and durability of polycultural and multinational states: 156
• Federalism federal political systems federations and nationalism: 159
• Nationalism and federalism in practical political design and argument: 160
• A theory of the necessity of a federal Staatsvolk: 166
• Analytical conclusions: 173
• Practical political conclusions: 175
• Notes: 177
• References: 179
• Ethnic conflict and third party mediation A critical review Wifliam Safron: 184
• a note on the historical record: 185
• saving lives and other good causes: 186
• Peace processes and other facilitations: 192
• Methods processes and incentives: 194
• a possible agenda: 198
• Notes: 202
• References: 203
• Religion and nationalism in the First World: 206
• religion and the public sphere: 209
• religion and boundary maintenance: 212
• religion and conflict: 220
• Acknowledgements: 222
• References: 223
• Wider implications: 227
• 12 Homeland making and the territorialization of national identity: 229
• Homeland making: 230
• Nationalizing spaceterritorializing the nation: 231
• Instruments of homeland making: 232
• Localizing the nationnationalizing localities: 238
• A postnational world?: 240
• Notes: 244
• References: 245
• Ethnicity and nationality The twin matrices of nationalism: 248
• Nationality: 257
• Conclusion: 263
• References: 264
• Resisting primordialism and other isms In lieu of conclusions: 269
• Essentialism: 271
• Cultural determinism: 273
• Historical determinism: 275
• Institutionalism vs culturalism?: 277
• where to go from here?: 280
• Conclusions: 283
• Notes: 284
• References: 287
• A bibliography 19672001 Articles: 291
• Chapters in books: 293
• Books and occasional papers: 295
• Index: 296

About the author

Daniele Conversi received his PhD at the London School of Economics. He taught at the Government and History Deptartments at Cornell and Syracuse Universities, as well as at the Central European University, Budapest. His book, The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain(1997) has been acclaimed by political scientists, historians, anthropologists and sociologists alike, and has been positively reviewed in nearly forty international journals. His second bookThe disintegration of Yugoslavia(2000) has recently been translated into Catalan. Daniele Conversi is currently working on a larger volume on Theories of Nationalism

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World: Walker Connor and the Study of Nationalism; Volume 21 of Routledge advances in international relations and global politics
• Editor: Daniele Conversi
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0415332737, 9780415332736
• Length: 302 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / General; Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism; Political Science / World / General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General; Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations