ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00285.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Abstract.This article deals with the principle of national self‐determination, its historical roots, interpretations, dilemmas, contradictions and double standards. An attempt is made to divide the concept into its analytical components and to demonstrate that the words ‘national’, ‘self and ‘determination’ mean different things to different people. Issues – such as goals and means of national selfdetermination, the question of ‘settlers’ and of the ‘critical date’, the irreversibility of ‘determination’, the right of secession and the domino theory of secession, the minimal size of viable states and the collision between the principle of national selfdetermination and other international norms and values – are also discussed. The analysis is based on modern case studies and on the political thought of nationalist

ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00297.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Abstract.This article examines the rise of religious political radicalism and its critique and appropriation of secular Nigerian nationalism. It argues that the revitalisation and radicalisation of religion in Nigeria is both an expression of the deep legitimacy crisis confronting secular nationalism and a means of resolving such a crisis. Religion is seen as fundamental to nationalism because it provides the sacred normative essence that ultimately enables individuals and communities to accept as permanent and meaningful the suffering which is integral to a national identity. In ‘holy nationalism’, the collective emotional force of nationalism merges with religion so that the two are one and the same. God chose a particular people and promised them a particular l

ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00327.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Abstract.This essay contends that behaviour can only be understood within an evolutionary framework that gives equal weight to genes and environment. Our cultural environment itself evolved, in part through natural selection of genes and in part through other mechanisms. Racism, however, involves association of genetically caused differences in physical appearance with characteristics to which they are wholly unrelated. Yet this association has a biological cause: fitness maximisation through nepotism. This association, therefore, has an effect upon the life chances and reproductive success of genetically different groups and, therefore, upon the process of human evolution.

ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00357.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Abstract.Starting from the proposition that nationalism is bound up with ethnicity, Barth's view that ethnicity is defined by actors and that ethnicities are situationally variable is drawn upon to argue that narrow definitions of nationalism – as a specifically modem political ideology which is bound up with the nation‐state – overstate their case. Instead of nationalism we should be talking about nationalisms, which can only be understood in their local and historical contexts. An open definition of nationalism is offered, which permits abstraction and generalisation while accommodating empirical heterogeneity. Material from Wales, Northern Ireland and Denmark is presented to illustrate some of the differences between local nationa

ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00369.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Abstract.This article has three fundamental objectives. The first is to explore ways in which ideas about culture are relevant to nationalism. The second is to identify common ‘cultural bases’ which are called on to support secessionist and irredentist movements. The third, and perhaps most challenging objective, is to explore the character of these ‘cultural bases’ as well as the sources of their empowerment. To fulfil these goals the article is divided into five main sections. The first section introduces the argument that while the cultural bases of secessionist and irredentist movements are extremely influential motivators and legitimators of human actions, they are not, in themselves, ‘natural’ or immutable. This position is elucidated in the second section, where it is argued that the particularintellectual cultureof eighteenth‐century Western Europe gave rise to the concept of nation which, in turn, incorporatedspecific culturesinto its definition of the fundamental units of humanity. This discussion is used as a basis for advancing the argument that the powerful capacity for ideas about culture to stimulate and reinforce secessionist and irredentist movements stems from two main sources, one of whichisessential to human beings (i.e. theprocessof group formation) and one of which is constructedasessential (i.e. the concept of nation). In the fourth section the effectiveness of this combination is briefly illustrated by exploring shifts in the cultural bases which have been used over time to legitimise nationalist movements in Friesland, Quebec and Scotland. The concluding section uses the understanding of how ‘cultural bases’ are constituted and deployed to evaluate their impact and their ‘desirability’. It also suggests ways in which an awareness of the factors and processes associated with the construction and empowerment of culture can open the door to deploying them differently to ach

ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00391.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Olivier Roy,The Failure of Political Islam.Sami Zubaida,Islam, The People and The State: Essays on Political Ideas and Movements in the Middle East.Akbar S. Ahmed and Hastings (eds.),Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity.

ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00419.x

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年代:1995

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Books reviewed in this article:John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith (eds.),NationalismErnest Gellner,Encounters with NationalismMikuláš Teich and Roy Porter (eds.),The National Question in Europe in Historical ContextDonald V. Schwartz and Razmik Panossian (eds.),Nationalism and History. The Politics of Nation‐Building in Post‐Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and GeorgiaFrank Dikötter,The Discourse of Race in Modern China.Frank Füredi,Colonial Wars and the Politics of Third World Nationalism.Fred Halliday,Rethinking International Relations.Hans Vermeulen and Cora Govers (eds.),The Anthropology of Ethnicity. Beyond ‘Ethnic Groups and Boundaries’.Ronald D. Schwartz,Circle of Protest: Political Ritual in the Tibetan Uprising.Amitai Etzioni,The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of Ameri

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DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00429.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1354-5078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00449.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY