Leading scholars explore the cultural politics of globalisation, nationalism and violence.
Tom Nairn is Professor of Nationalism and Cultural Diversity at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. He is the author of The Break-Up of Britain (Verso 1977; 3rd edition, Common Ground 2003), After Britain (Granta, 2000) and Pariah (Verso, 2002). He writes regularly for newspapers and magazines including the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, the New Statesman and the London Review of Books. Paul James is Director of the Globalism Institute and Professor of Globalism and Cultural Diversity at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has written or edited several books including Nation Formation (Sage, 1996), winner of the Crisp Medal for Political Studies, Work of the Future: Global Perspectives (1997) and Tour of Duty (2002).
Preface: In Search of a Name
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1. Introduction: Mapping Nationalism and Globalism
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PART I: RETHINKING GLOBALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
2. Global Enchantment: A Matrix of Ideologies
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3. Global Trajectories: America and the Unchosen
30
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4. Global Tensions: A Clash of Social Formations
57
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PART II: DEBATING CIVIC AND POST-NATIONALISM
5. Fetishized Nationalism? by Joan Cocks
73
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6. Ambiguous Nationalism: A Reply to Joan Cocks
89
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7. Dark Nationalism or Transparent Postnationalism?
104
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PART III: REFLECTING ON OLD AND NEW NATIONS
8. Ukania: The Rise of the 'Annual Report' Society
125
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9. Australia: Anti-Politics for a Passive Federation
143
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10. Late Britain: Disorientations from Down Under
159
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11. North America: The Misfortunes and 'Death' of Ethnicity
175
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12. Central Asia: Continuities and Discontinuities
190
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PART IV: CONFRONTING TERROR AND VIOLENCE
13. Democracy and the Shadow of Genocide
205
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14. Nationalism and the Crucible of Modern Totalitarianism
213
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15. Control and the Projection of a Totalizing War-Machine
221
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16. Terrorism and the Opening of Black Pluto's Door
229
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17. Meta-War and the Insecurity of the United States
236
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18. Post-2001 and the Third Coming of Nationalism
248
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Notes
262
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Index
287
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