The Limits of Nationalism

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-521-80864-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This book discusses the justifications and limits of cultural nationalism from a liberal perspective. Chaim Gans presents a normative typology of nationalist ideologies, distinguishing between cultural liberal nationalism and statist liberal nationalism. Statist nationalisms argue that states have an interest in the cultural homogeneity of their citizenries. Cultural nationalisms argue that people have interests in adhering to their cultures (the adherence thesis) and in sustaining these cultures for generations (the historic thesis). Gans argues that freedom- and identity-based justifications for cultural nationalism common in literature can only support the adherence thesis, while the historical thesis could only be justified by the interest people have in the long-term endurance of their personal and group endeavors. The Limits of Nationalism examines demands often made in the name of cultural nationalism, such as claims for national self-determination, historical rights claims to territories and demands entailed by cultural particularism as opposed to cultural cosmopolitanism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gans, Chaim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Faschismus, Rechtsextremismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Nationalist ideologies - a normative typology; 2. The liberal foundations of cultural nationalism; 3. National self-determination; 4. Historical rights and homelands; 5. Nationalism and immigration; 6. Nationalism, particularism and cosmopolitanism; 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Gans, Chaim
CHAIM GANS is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel.