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PublicAffairs Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That
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Little, Brown & Company Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death
Book SynopsisHardship is now equated with victimhood. Outward displays of vulnerability in defeat are celebrated over winning unabashedly. The pursuit of excellence and exceptionalism are at the heart of American identity, and the disappearance of these ideals in our country leaves a deep moral and cultural vacuum in its wake. But the solution isn't to simply complain about it. It's to revive a new cultural movement in America that puts excellence first again.Leaders have called Ramaswamy "the most compelling conservative voice in the country" and "one of the towering intellects in America," and this book reveals why: he spares neither left nor right in this scathing indictment of the victimhood culture at the heart of America's national decline. In this national bestseller, Ramaswamy explains that we're a nation of victims now. It's one of the few things we still have left in common-across black victims, white victims, liberal victims, and conservative victims. Victims of each other, and ultimately, of ourselves.This fearless, provocative book is for readers who dare to look in the mirror and question their most sacred assumptions about who we are and how we got here. Intricately tracing history from the fall of Rome to the rise of America, weaving Western philosophy with Eastern theology in ways that moved Jefferson and Adams centuries ago, this book describes the rise and the fall of the American experiment itself-and hopefully its reincarnation.Now updated with a new foreword from the author.
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Faithwords Praying for America: 40 Inspiring Stories and
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Guernica Editions,Canada The Southern Question
Book SynopsisAntonio Gramsci's The Southern Question remains as provocative today as it was when it was written. During ten years of political imprisonment under Mussolini's Fascist government, Gramsci produced The Prison Notebooks, a continued meditation on subjects and relationships first proposed within the pages of this essay. The purpose in re-introducing the essay is to emphasize how Gramsci's analysis of social stratification of Northern and Southern Italy in 1926 is relevant to current discussions about state formation, diasporas, and strategic alliances.
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Bold Type Books Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe
Book Synopsis The hundred years between the revolutions of 1848 and the population transfers of the mid-twentieth century saw the nationalization of culturally complex societies in East Central Europe. This fact has variously been explained in terms of modernization, state building and nation-building theories, each of which treats the process of nationalization as something inexorable, a necessary component of modernity. Although more recently social scientists gesture to the contingencies that may shape these larger developments, this structural approach makes scholars far less attentive to the “hard work” (ideological, political, social) undertaken by individuals and groups at every level of society who tried themselves to build “national” societies. The essays in this volume make us aware of how complex, multi-dimensional and often contradictory this nationalization process in East Central Europe actually was. The authors document attempts and failures by nationalist politicians, organizations, activists and regimes from 1848 through 1948 to give East-Central Europeans a strong sense of national self-identification. They remind us that only the use of dictatorial powers in the 20th century could actually transform the fantasy of nationalization into a reality, albeit a brutal one.Trade Review “...an exciting and fascinating volume.” · Geschichte und Region/Storia e Regio “The essays in this volume are well framed theoretically; as a matter of equal importance, they are based on in-depth archival research, which gives texture, nuance, and authority to their conclusions. The book is recommended particularly for those who wish an introduction to the work of a dynamic group of scholars who have amply demonstrated the contingent, historically grounded, and diverse nature of nationalism.” · H-German “…insightful and informative….the essays in this volume contribute to a better understanding of nationalism and nation-building in multicultural East Central Europe.” · German Studies ReviewTable of Contents List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface Gary B. Cohen Notes on Contributors Introduction: Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe Pieter M. Judson Chapter 1. From Tolerated Aliens to Citizen-Soldiers: Jewish Military Service in the Era of Joseph II Michael K. Silber Chapter 2. The Revolution in Symbols: Hungary in 1848–1849 Robert Nemes Chapter 3. Nothing Wrong with My Bodily Fluids: Gymnastics, Biology, and Nationalism in the Germanies before 1871 Daniel A. McMillan Chapter 4. Between Empire and Nation: The Bohemian Nobility, 1880–1918 Eagle Glassheim Chapter 5. The Bohemian Oberammergau: Nationalist Tourism in the Austrian Empire Pieter M. Judson Chapter 6. The Sacred and the Profane: Religion and Nationalism in the Bohemian Lands, 1880–1920 Cynthia Paces and Nancy M. Wingfield Chapter 7. All For One! One for All! The Federation of Slavic Sokols and the Failure of Neo-Slavism Claire E. Nolte Chapter 8. Staging Habsburg Patriotism: Dynastic Loyalty and the 1898 Imperial Jubilee Daniel Unowsky Chapter 9. Arbiters of Allegiance: Austro-Hungarian Censors during World War I Alon Rachamimov Chapter 10. Sustaining Austrian “National” Identity in Crisis: The Dilemma of the Jews in Habsburg Austria, 1914–1919 Marsha L. Rozenblit Chapter 11. “Christian Europe” and National Identity in Interwar Hungary Paul Hanebrink Chapter 12. 12. Just What is Hungarian? Concepts of National Identity in the Hungarian Film Industry, 1931–1944 David Frey Chapter 13. The Hungarian Institute for Research into the Jewish Question and Its Participation in the Expropriation and Expulsion of Hungarian Jewry Patricia von Papen-Bodek Chapter 14. Indigenous Collaboration in the Government General: The Case of the Sonderdienst Peter Black Chapter 15. Getting the Small Decree: Czech National Honor in the Aftermath of the Nazi Occupation Benjamin Frommer Index
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe
Book Synopsis The hundred years between the revolutions of 1848 and the population transfers of the mid-twentieth century saw the nationalization of culturally complex societies in East Central Europe. This fact has variously been explained in terms of modernization, state building and nation-building theories, each of which treats the process of nationalization as something inexorable, a necessary component of modernity. Although more recently social scientists gesture to the contingencies that may shape these larger developments, this structural approach makes scholars far less attentive to the “hard work” (ideological, political, social) undertaken by individuals and groups at every level of society who tried themselves to build “national” societies. The essays in this volume make us aware of how complex, multi-dimensional and often contradictory this nationalization process in East Central Europe actually was. The authors document attempts and failures by nationalist politicians, organizations, activists and regimes from 1848 through 1948 to give East-Central Europeans a strong sense of national self-identification. They remind us that only the use of dictatorial powers in the 20th century could actually transform the fantasy of nationalization into a reality, albeit a brutal one.Trade Review “...an exciting and fascinating volume.” · Geschichte und Region/Storia e Regio “The essays in this volume are well framed theoretically; as a matter of equal importance, they are based on in-depth archival research, which gives texture, nuance, and authority to their conclusions. The book is recommended particularly for those who wish an introduction to the work of a dynamic group of scholars who have amply demonstrated the contingent, historically grounded, and diverse nature of nationalism.” · H-German “…insightful and informative….the essays in this volume contribute to a better understanding of nationalism and nation-building in multicultural East Central Europe.” · German Studies ReviewTable of Contents List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface Gary B. Cohen Notes on Contributors Introduction: Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe Pieter M. Judson Chapter 1. From Tolerated Aliens to Citizen-Soldiers: Jewish Military Service in the Era of Joseph II Michael K. Silber Chapter 2. The Revolution in Symbols: Hungary in 1848–1849 Robert Nemes Chapter 3. Nothing Wrong with My Bodily Fluids: Gymnastics, Biology, and Nationalism in the Germanies before 1871 Daniel A. McMillan Chapter 4. Between Empire and Nation: The Bohemian Nobility, 1880–1918 Eagle Glassheim Chapter 5. The Bohemian Oberammergau: Nationalist Tourism in the Austrian Empire Pieter M. Judson Chapter 6. The Sacred and the Profane: Religion and Nationalism in the Bohemian Lands, 1880–1920 Cynthia Paces and Nancy M. Wingfield Chapter 7. All For One! One for All! The Federation of Slavic Sokols and the Failure of Neo-Slavism Claire E. Nolte Chapter 8. Staging Habsburg Patriotism: Dynastic Loyalty and the 1898 Imperial Jubilee Daniel Unowsky Chapter 9. Arbiters of Allegiance: Austro-Hungarian Censors during World War I Alon Rachamimov Chapter 10. Sustaining Austrian “National” Identity in Crisis: The Dilemma of the Jews in Habsburg Austria, 1914–1919 Marsha L. Rozenblit Chapter 11. “Christian Europe” and National Identity in Interwar Hungary Paul Hanebrink Chapter 12. 12. Just What is Hungarian? Concepts of National Identity in the Hungarian Film Industry, 1931–1944 David Frey Chapter 13. The Hungarian Institute for Research into the Jewish Question and Its Participation in the Expropriation and Expulsion of Hungarian Jewry Patricia von Papen-Bodek Chapter 14. Indigenous Collaboration in the Government General: The Case of the Sonderdienst Peter Black Chapter 15. Getting the Small Decree: Czech National Honor in the Aftermath of the Nazi Occupation Benjamin Frommer Index
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated Creating the Other: Ethnic Conflict & Nationalism
Book Synopsis The historic myths of a people/nation usually play an important role in the creation and consolidation of the basic concepts from which the self-image of that nation derives. These concepts include not only images of the nation itself, but also images of other peoples. Although the construction of ethnic stereotypes during the "long" nineteenth century initially had other functions than simply the homogenization of the particular culture and the exclusion of "others" from the public sphere, the evaluation of peoples according to criteria that included "level of civilization" yielded "rankings" of ethnic groups within the Habsburg Monarchy. That provided the basis for later, more divisive ethnic characterizations of exclusive nationalism, as addressed in this volume that examines the roots and results of ethnic, nationalist, and racial conflict in the region from a variety of historical and theoretical perspectives.Trade Review "Most of the contributions are excellent…the collection as a whole provides an invaluable update on new work in this area." · HistoryTable of Contents Chapter 1. Representing National Territory: Cartography and Nationalism in Hungary I. Popova Chapter 2. The Development and Functions of Ethnic Stereotypes in Austria and in Hungary in the Nineteenth Century A. Vári Chapter 3. Czechs, Germans, Bohemians? Images of the Self and Other in Bohemia, 1800-1848 H. L. Agnew Chapter 4. The Image of the Other in the 19th Century: Historical Scholarship in the Czech Lands Jiri Staif Chapter 5. Jews, and Peasants: Jews as the Others in the Formation of the Modern Polish Nation in Rural Galicia K. Struve and Gentry Chapter 6. Nationalizing Rural Landscapes in Cisleithania, 1880-1914 P. Judson Chapter 7. Ethnology, Cultural Reification, and the Dynamics of Difference in the Kronprinzenwerk R. Bendix Chapter 8. The Nation, the Enemy, and Imagined Territories: Hungarian Elements in the Emergence of a Czechoslovak National Narrative during and after WWI P. Haslinger Chapter 9. The South Slavs in the Austrian Mind: Serbs and Slovenes in the Changing View from German Nationalism to National Socialism C. Promitzer Chapter 10. Peooples of the Mountains, Peoples of the plains: Space and Ethnographic Representation K. Kaser Chapter 11. Marking the Difference of Looking for Common Grounds? South East Central Europe O. B. Luthar Chapter 12. The Psychology of Creating the "Other" in National Identity, Ethnic Enmity, and Racism P. Loewenberg Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated Foundations of National Identity: From Catalonia
Book Synopsis Since it emergence in the 19th century in response to feudalism, nationalism has been a mixed blessing. Originally seen as a positive force, often enough it has resulted in warfare and persecution of minorities, so much so that, over time, it has been considered a social evil whose apparent decline has been greeted as a positive development. The author disputes this or rather, he maintains that the picture that emerges is more complex: nationalism is not disappearing but has taken on a different form. What we are experiencing is an increasing autonomy of ethnonations, i.e. nations without a state, in the wake of a weakening of the multinational states and the transfer of their sovereignty upwards, in the case of Europe to the federation of the European Union, and downwards to the "ethnonations." Catalonia is the major case study in this book but it is embedded in a comprehensive theoretical framework as well as the historical and contemporary reality of Europe, opening up a new perspective. The author, one of the foremost scholars in this field, brilliantly succeeds in developing an original, clear and comprehensive vision of nationalism that is accessible to a wide readership.Trade Review “Josep Llobera’s new book is an untypical addition to the literature on nationalism. A Catalan anthropologist writing about Catalonia and Europe, Llobera is analytical and engaged in about equal measures, exploring new opportunities for national identities within the emerging structural framework of the European Union…Llobera’s engaged and original book is a welcome addition to the macro-anthropology of European nationalisms, raising old questions with a new twist and combining, surprisingly successfully, the roles of anthropologist and national chronicler.” · JRAITable of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1. The Building-blocks of Nationhood. A Theoretical Approach to Catalonia Chapter 2. National Sentiments as the Ultimate Reality. A Comparison between Catalonia and Poland Chapter 3. What's in a Name? Kinship, Religion and Territory in the Making of Catalan National Identity Chapter 4. National Character: Myth and Reality. The Case of Catalonia Chapter 5. God Giveth Them Glory, for They Speaketh the Native Tongue. Case Studies of French and English Chapter 6. The Stuff that Culture is Made of. From the National to the Global Chapter 7. Distant Splendours, Latter-day Miseries: the Role of Historical Memory in Catalonia Chapter 8. Does Nationalism Lead Inevitably to Conflict and Violence? The Role of Political Elites in Catalonia Chapter 9. The Future of Nations in a United Europe. A Comparison between Spain and the United Kingdom Chapter 10. Explaining National Identity: a Theoretical Closure Bibliography Index
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated The Search for Normality: National Identity and
Book Synopsis The Historikerstreit of the 1980s has ended inconclusively amidst heated debates on the nature and course of German national history. The author follows the debates beyond the unexpected reunification of the country in 1990 and analyzes the most recent trends in German historiography. Reunification, he observes, has brought in its wake an urgent search for the "normality" of the nation state. For anyone interested in the development of the national master narrative in more recent German historiography, this book will provide an essential guide through the multitude of historical debates surrounding the nation state.Trade Review "This book presents an essential segment of contemporary history that so far has not been explored systematically ... [It is] based on a wide variety of sources and highly informative ... The exhaustive treatment results in a far more differentiated picture than has predominated so far." · IWK "[The author] has succeeded in presenting a differentiated, rigorously argued and convincing study of the debates that have taken place in the academic and media worlds." · Archiv für Sozialgeschichte "[The author's] lucid, well structured presentation offers non-German readers in particular a scholarly overview that still preserves the nuances of the subject." · German Studies Review "Curious observers of Germany's never-ending quarrel with its past will find much to ponder in Berger's assessments." · Journal of Interdisciplinary History "The author undoubtedly deserves a great deal of recognition ... The way in which he grasps all the diverse facets of his subject, yet pares his account down to the bare minimum is impressive." · Bulletin of the German Historical Institute London "There is much useful material here for a book on the role of historians and historical debates on the political culture of the Federal Republic during the years immediately before and after unification ... [it is] of great value." · Journal of Central European History "[The book] registers some important trends in recent historical debate, and does so with energy and insight." · Times Literary Supplement "A detailed and valuable research on an impressive range of recent historical writing." · Jewish Chronicle "... an invaluable guide to the political and ideological baggage carried by the standard works encountered by students on the library shelves." · Debatte. Review of Contemporary German AffairsTable of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Foreword: ‘The Search For Normality’ Six Years Later: History Writing and National Identity in Germany at the Beginning of the 21st Century Chapter 1. Historiography and Nation-Building: Some Preliminary Remarks PART I: NATIONAL IDENTITY AND HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN GERMANY 1800-1989 Chapter 2. The National Tradition in German Historiography, 1800-1960 Chapter 3. The Impact of Fritz Fischer Chapter 4. Decades of Postnationalism? German Historiography from the 1960s to the 1980s PART II: THE SEARCH FOR NORMALITY AFTER 1990 Chapter 5. Imperial Germany and the Sonderweg Revisited Chapter 6. Germany’s Darkest Years Revisited Chapter 7. ‘The Second German Dictatorship’ Chapter 8. The Old Federal Republic as the New Sonderweg Chapter 9. The National Revival in German Historiography Chapter 10. Reactions of British and American Historians to Changes in German Historiography after Reunification Chapter 11. Conclusion Biographical Appendix Select Bibliography Index
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Prometheus Books The Nationalism Reader
Book SynopsisThe proclamation of a "New World Order," hailed at the end of the cold war, coincided with an eruption of nationalism. The withering of the bipolar balance of power has created a vacuum that has been filled by a new tide of ethnic conflict in the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Somalia, and elsewhere. Despite general recognition of this resurgent phenomenon, there is neither widespread awareness nor expert consensus on the meaning and origins of nationalism. The Nationalism Reader depicts the historical evolution of nationalist thought in the words of leading political actors and thinkers. But this anthology is more than merely a useful reference book. By classifying the questions of nationalism according to conflicting political perspectives, its introductory essay and organization show that liberalism, conservatism, and socialism oscillate between a universalist (or a semi-universalist) conception of human rights and nationalism. In this respect, the selection of texts presented here sheds new theoretical light on the study of nationalism, as well as presenting major European, American, and Third World contributions to nationalist thought.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Nationalism and African Intellectuals
Book SynopsisAn examination of the attempt by Western-educated African intellectuals to create a 'better Africa' through connecting nationalism to knowledge, from the anti-colonial movement to the present-day. This book is about how African intellectuals, influenced primarily by nationalism, have addressed the inter-related issues of power, identity politics, self-assertion and autonomy for themselves and their continent, from the mid-nineteenth century onward. Their major goal was to create a 'better Africa' by connecting nationalism to knowledge. The results have been mixed, from the glorious euphoria of the success of anti-colonial movements to the depressingcircumstances of the African condition as we enter a new millennium. As the intellectual elite is a creation of the Western formal school system, the ideas it generated are also connected to the larger world of scholarship.This world is, in turn, shaped by European contacts with Africa from the fifteenth century onward, the politics of the Cold War, and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union. In essence, Africa and its elite cannot be fully understood without also considering the West and changing global politics. Neither can the academic and media contributions by non-Africans be ignored, as these also affect the ways that Africans think about themselves and their continent. Nationalism and African Intellectuals examines intellectuals' ambivalent relationships with the colonial apparatus and subsequent nation-state formations; the contradictions manifested within pan-Africanism and nationalism; and the relation of academic institutions and intellectual production to the state during the nationalism period and beyond. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.Trade Review[This book] clearly rests on extensive and carefully evaluated evidence and intellectual experience. * CHOICE *One of Africa's most prolific historians offers here reflections on modern African intellectual life to inform contemporary debates. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES *
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Autonomedia The Words and the Land: Israeli Intellectuals and
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Africa World Press The Road To Freedom: Inkundla Ya Bantu as a
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Africa World Press Garvey, Garveyism And The Antinomies Of Black
Book SynopsisImproving readers' understanding of the connection between human agents of history and the environment in which their historical mission is played out.
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Encounter Books,USA Native Americans: Patriotism, Exceptionalism, and
Book SynopsisAre you an American? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, increasing numbers of people are claiming "American" as their national ancestry. In our melting pot of cultures, they are taking a stand as authentic representatives of the American nation. This growing social phenomenon serves as the launching point for a discussion of what twenty-first century Americanism means--its roots and its significance--and the unrelenting assault from multiculturalists who believe that the term "American" either signifies nothing or is a badge of shame. Author James S. Robbins describes the foundations of the American ideal, the core set of beliefs that define American values, and the ways in which these standards have been undermined and corrupted. He also makes the case for the benefits of an objective standard of what it means to be an American and for returning to the values that turned America from an undeveloped wilderness to the most exceptional country in the world.
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Heyday Books Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless
Book SynopsisWhat is patriotism in our volatile age? This incendiary work by Danny Sjursen is a personal cry from the heart by a once model U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate who became a military dissenter while still on active duty. Set against the backdrop of the terror wars of the last two decades, Sjursen asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism. Once a burgeoning believer and budding conservative, who performed an intellectual and spiritual about face, Sjursen calls for a critical exploration of our allegiances, and suggests a path to a new, more complex notion of patriotism. Equal parts somber and idealistic, this is a story about what it means to be an American in the midst of perpetual war, and what the future of patriotism might look like.Trade Review“Tyrants, oppressors and exploiters, Eugene V. Debs observed, always wrap themselves in the cloaks of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the public. The true patriots, as Danny Sjursen understands, are not the crowds of flag-waving cheerleaders used and manipulated by the ruling elites to stifle dissent, but those isolated individuals who find the moral courage to speak uncomfortable truths and demand justice. True patriots, as Sjursen explains, make us a better people and a better nation. True patriots, like Martin Luther King or Debs, are usually viciously attacked in their lifetimes. But history exposes, long after true patriots are gone, who stood beside us and who wrapped themselves in the flag to betray us. Sjursen, a combat veteran and West Point graduate, brings to this book the weight of his experience and a moral clarity that delineates the true patriots from the imposters, and with that delineation the meaning of patriotism itself”—Chris Hedges, author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning “A brisk, approachably radical treatise bolstered by its rueful veteran’s perspective.rdquo;—Kirkus Reviews “Combining history with memoir, Patriotic Dissent bears the hallmarks of everything that Danny Sjursen writes. It is vivid, impassioned, uncompromising, and true. Here is a book that demands to be read and widely discussed.”—Andrew Bacevich is the author of numerous books, including American Empire and, most recently, the editor of American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition “Major Danny Sjursen gives readers a right seat ride on his transformation from a U.S. Army commander in Iraq to a veteran truth activist. His story proves that anyone can rise from the ashes of moral injury when the nation betrays the social contract to an American soldier.”—Garett Reppenhagen, executive director of Veterans For Peace, OIF veteran U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division “Major Danny Sjursen is the real deal, a combat veteran and survivor of our forever wars who writes like a dream. This is a scathingly honest, no-holds-barred, account of one man's disillusionment. Sjursen knows the perils of battle and understands the dangers of being lied to. His devotion to country is as deep as it is inspiring. This powerful book is a great achievement, rich in pain and moral understanding. Everyone should read it.”—Robert Scheer, author of How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam, co-founder and editor of Truthdig.com “Major Danny Sjursen speaks and writes with a rare combination of passion, experience, intellectual honesty, and moral clarity. He is a legitimate soldier/scholar.”—Major General (Retired) Dennis Laich, author of Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots, and graduate of the U.S. Army War College and Harvard’s National and International Security Program “James Madison warned that America’s surest route to tyranny was abuse of the war power. US Army Major Danny Sjursen, in Patriotic Dissent, illustrates the truth of Madison’s warning by demonstrating that the longest period of war in our history is devouring our national soul. Major Sjursen’s remedy is patriotic dissent. That there is today precious little such dissent, even in the middle of our profound decay, could well signal ‘Taps’ for our republic. But Major Sjursen takes it further. As the world confronts the rising dangers of a nuclear holocaust and a looming climate crisis, both threatening human existence altogether, it isn’t simply the aspirational republic of America that is endangered, it’s everything. He writes: ‘America’s—and the world’s—impending disaster has been a complex collective exercise in which all of us were long, if unwittingly, complicit.’ So, it will take all of us to save us—all of us acting as participatory principled patriots.”—Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (retired), former chief of staff to the secretary of state, professor of government and public policy at the College of William and Mary “Patriotic Dissent packs a powerful punch in its slim volume. In his signature style, antiwar veteran-activist Danny Sjursen fuses experience, history, and philosophy in this plea for a patriotism paradigm shift. His rational yet passionate prose provides a timely echo of Dr. King’s insistence that we reject those ‘seeking to equate dissent with disloyalty.’”—Ben Cohen, longtime activist and cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream “Patriotic Dissent is a scintillating and sobering account of the conditions that lead to wars, especially Americans’ near worship of the military and their mistaken willingness to leave wars to the generals instead of to all the people. Danny Sjursen has written an unforgettable and critical guide in helping Americans understand their military and why they should bring it back to civilian society.’”—Tim Bakken, author of The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the US Military “Readers of Sjursen’s book…will find Patriotic Dissent to be an invaluable educational tool. It should be required reading in progressive study groups, high school and college history classes, and book clubs across the country.’”—Jacobin
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Bordighera Press The Southern Question
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Morgan James Publishing llc How to Raise an American Patriot: Making it Okay
Book SynopsisIn recent years, it has become fashionable to bash the United States, to discuss how destructive we have been as a nation and to deny this country of its founding principles. Most Americans simply do not subscribe to that. We believe we are an exceptional, God-blessed country and we must stand up for that or this nation will fall. "How to Raise An American Patriot" reinforces that pride in our country by telling the stories of 13 patriots who reveal their secrets for teaching future generations to love our country and understand why they live in the greatest nation on Earth. Listen to the story of former Attorney General Ed Meese tell about his childhood growing up when our country was entrenched in World War II. Hear about Red State Editor Erick Erickson’s American History classes he took as a child growing up in Dubai. Read about Jackie Gingrich Cushman’s childhood adventures on the campaign trail with her dad, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Hear how they have raised their own kids to love our country. These stories will strike a chord with American parents. They inspire pride in our country and encourage you to teach your own children or grandchildren, nieces or nephews, why there’s nowhere on Earth that compares to the United States of America.Trade Review"Marijo Tinlin has given us the perfect resource for every family and school library! Since our public schools no longer teach solid civics education, it is the lucky child who has an adult who finds this book of tips and uses it to bring informed patriotism and love of US history alive again." --Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, Founder, LibertyCentral.org, President, Liberty Consulting, Inc. and wife of Justice Clarence Thomas "'How to Raise an American Patriot' will help moms and dads across our great nation to instill the virtues and values that define our American character. Sharing the insights and wisdom of 13 patriotic Americans, Marijo Tinlin reminds us that we must build our nation one family at a time. It's up to America's parents to strengthen our country by raising the next generation of American patriots." -- Marybeth Hicks, Columnist, The Washington Times
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Cambria Press Music, Politics, and Nationalism In Latin
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University of Utah Press,U.S. An Intellectual History of Turkish Nationalism:
Book SynopsisTurkish nationalism erupted onto the world stage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as first Greeks, then Armenians and other minority groups within the Ottoman Empire began to assert national identity and seek independence. Umut Uzer examines the ideological evolution and transformation of Turkish nationalism from its early precursors to its contemporary protagonists. Through a textual analysis of nationalist writings, this volume considers how political developments influenced Turkish nationalism. It tackles the question of how an ideology that began as a revolutionary, progressive, forward-looking ideal eventually transformed into one that is conservative, patriarchal, and nostalgic to the Ottoman and Islamic past. Between Islamic and Turkish Identity is the first book in any language to comprehensively analyze Turkish nationalism with such scope and engagement with primary sources, dissecting the phenomenon in all its manifestations.Trade Review“Surveys some of the major ideas of Turkish nationalism as it traces the development and transformation of this idea in its various forms. Nothing of the sort exists in English that is not outdated or that offers similar coverage.” —Yücel Yan?kda?, author of Healing the Nation: Prisoners of War, Medicine, and Nationalism in Turkey, 1914–1939“The book is useful for students of Turkish nationalism and can be used for undergraduate classrooms or as a reference book for the genealogy of Turkish nationalist thought. Currently, such information can only be obtained by sifting through several outdated books.”—Hakan Özo?lu, director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Central Florida
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Purdue University Press Women, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the
Book SynopsisWomen, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1848–1918 focuses on the lives of women in Southeastern Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exploring the intersection of gender and nationalism. By looking at a wide range of sources and employing rich historiography, this collection investigates the currents of women's emancipatory efforts in a climate of conflicting assumptions relating to nationhood and nationalization. This book sheds light on a time when both women and nations were working to assert themselves, and how women promoted the national cause in an attempt to assume stronger roles in the public sphere. The volume studies areas that were nationally mixed and linguistically plural, thus pointing to the dynamic role of peripheries and pluralism affecting women's approaches to and experience of nationalization. These essays speak to women's agency as individuals and members of the social networks, and their roles in cultural, ethnic, and political movements in pluralistic societies of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thereby arguing that they "enacted" borders and were not simply acted on by them, while also elucidating the ways they transgress the borders.
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Purdue University Press Women, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the
Book SynopsisWomen, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1848–1918 focuses on the lives of women in Southeastern Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exploring the intersection of gender and nationalism. By looking at a wide range of sources and employing rich historiography, this collection investigates the currents of women's emancipatory efforts in a climate of conflicting assumptions relating to nationhood and nationalization. This book sheds light on a time when both women and nations were working to assert themselves, and how women promoted the national cause in an attempt to assume stronger roles in the public sphere. The volume studies areas that were nationally mixed and linguistically plural, thus pointing to the dynamic role of peripheries and pluralism affecting women's approaches to and experience of nationalization. These essays speak to women's agency as individuals and members of the social networks, and their roles in cultural, ethnic, and political movements in pluralistic societies of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thereby arguing that they "enacted" borders and were not simply acted on by them, while also elucidating the ways they transgress the borders.
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Workman Publishing What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
Book SynopsisAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do.” —Dan Rather“A tonic for our times . . . Rather's writing shows why he has won the admiration of a new generation. In these essays, he gives voice to the marginalized and rips off the journalistic shield of objectivity to ring the alarm bell when he witnesses actions he fears undermine the principles of American democracy. That, undoubtedly, is patriotic. And it takes courage.” —USA Today At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on—and writing passionately about—what it means to be an American. Now, with this collection of original essays, he reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as the audacity to take on daunting challenges in science and medicine, Rather brings to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world’s biggest stories. As a living witness to historical change, he offers up an intimate view of history, tracing where we have been in order to help us chart a way forward and heal our bitter divisions. With a fundamental sense of hope, What Unites Us is the book to inspire conversation and listening, and to remind us all how we are, finally, one.Trade Review“A tonic for our times . . . Rather's writing shows why he has won the admiration of a new generation. In these essays, he gives voice to the marginalized and rips off the journalistic shield of objectivity to ring the alarm bell when he witnesses actions he fears undermine the principles of American democracy. That, undoubtedly, is patriotic. And it takes courage.” —USA Today “[A] much-needed collection of essays from Rather on American values, from the importance of empathy, inclusion and service to the qualities that helped found the nation.”—New York Post (Required Reading) “One of American’s most trusted voices . . . reminds us what’s great about this country in a time of unprecedented polarization.” —Entertainment Weekly “What Unites Us . . . stirringly melds memoir with a meditation on American values, including patriotism, inclusion and dissent.”—CNN.com “Interweaving sweet personal stories with history, [Rather] makes a simple, compelling case for America . . . a clear-eyed love letter to USA. A tonic for disaffected millennials and conservative grandpas alike.” —People (Book of the Week) “From his vantage point as one of this country’s most revered broadcasters, Rather analyzes the current state of disconnected discourse in a series of reflective essays that go to the heart of what it means to be an American.” —Booklist (starred review) "What Unites Us is at times almost unbearably poignant. Yet Rather’s words provide a sort of salve—and clear thinking about how to recover from these ugly times. What Unites Us is a passionate treatise on preserving the best of America and letting go of that which makes us weaker.”—BookPage “If everyone could adopt the measured tone of Rather . . . you begin to feel that political chasms could be crossed . . . Rather implores you to step back into the world with compassion and gumption, global existential crises be damned.”—Austin Chronicle “[A]n essential read for anyone swept up in the current national conversation.”—TimeOut.com “A full-throated celebration of the national spirit and its potential to persevere.” —Kirkus Reviews “Provides a pleasant alternative to the reliance on vitriol and irony in modern political discourse . . . Rather has issued a stirring call for overcoming today’s strident partisanship.” —Publishers Weekly
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Academic Studies Press Ivan Franko and His Community
Book SynopsisIn this Ukrainian bestseller, now available in English for the first time, Yaroslav Hrytsak examines the first three decades (1856–86) in the life of Ivan Franko, a prominent writer, scholar, journalist, and political activist who became an indisputable leader in the forging of modern Ukrainian national identity. Hrytsak does so against the background of small communities—Franko’s family, his native village, his colleagues, the editors of periodicals for which he worked, and the revolutionary circles with which he interacted—during a time when multi-ethnic Habsburg Galicia evolved into several modern nations. This volume will remain a recognized standard for the study of the history of Ukraine and East Central Europe.Trade Review“On a fundamental level, outside the confines of Ukrainian studies, this monograph represents a balancing act between a portrayal of modernization theory and the faithful documentation of the extent to which individuals shape the world in accordance with their own needs and make their own rational choices… Hrytsak shows that individuals, like Franko, were not the only ones who changed history. Masses of nameless peasants also made a mark… This book will long endure not because it expounds ultimate truths but because it pushes us to rethink some of the most important questions of Eastern European history. It is a liminal work, inasmuch as it was written during the twilight of one paradigm in nationalism studies, just prior to the hatching of its successor; as such, it does not offer any clear-cut answers. Perhaps precisely for this reason it resonates as a rich and stimulating voice in the historical debate on its topic—a debate that is nowhere near completion.”— Tomasz Hen-Konarski, East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies“Yaroslav Hrytsak’s Ivan Franko and His Community (2019) is a pioneering volume that sits at the crossroads of three different genres. It is at once a biography of the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko, a microhistory of eastern Galicia from the 1850s to 1880s, and a case study of the origins and meanings of the Ukrainian national movement. … Hrytsak’s study is a significant reexamination of Franko’s life and legacy, one that will be a touchstone for scholars of Central and Eastern European literatures, modernism, nationalism, and socialism for years to come.”—Nicholas Kupensky, H-Ukraine“This is a study of one of the most intriguing Ukrainian activists of a century ago by one of the most important Ukrainian thinkers of today. Anyone who wishes to see demanding theories of nationalism tested in the practice of nuanced historical research should read this book. It is the culmination of a long discussion about the origins of nations that began in the 1980s and one of the most important books in its field.”—Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University“Yaroslav Hrytsak's brilliant study of Ivan Franko illuminates the history of Ukraine, Galicia, and the late Habsburg monarchy. Franko emerges as a dynamic, complex figure whose life and work were deeply important for the history of politics and ideas. Hrytsak presents him with great skill and subtlety, and this book should be read by anyone interested in the intellectual history and comparative literature of Eastern Europe.”—Larry Wolff, New York University, author of Inventing Eastern Europe and The Idea of Galicia“Yaroslav Hrytsak is one of Ukraine's most prominent liberal intellectuals, an essayist and historian. Ivan Franko and His Community is not his first book on Franko, the writer and polymath, but it is certainly his most ambitious and best. The Ukrainian original was an award-winner in Ukraine. It is a conceptual book, very creative, and extremely readable in the excellent translation by Marta Daria Olynyk. Franko's strong personality jumps from the pages. Franko was forever falling in love and making hot-headed marriage proposals, but Hrytsak also tells us about his more unconventional relationships. Franko consciously fashioned his self-representation as a son of the people, a peasant boy borne aloft into higher social spheres by the sheer power of his talent. But Hrytsak tells us a rather different, and more interesting, story. I can recommend this book without reservation to lovers of biography, those curious about life in the peripheries of Habsburg Austria, and to readers who like to think.” —John-Paul Himka, Professor Emeritus of History and Classics, University of Alberta“This book is a quintessential imperial biography of Ivan Franko, written by a historian who seems to know everything about turn-of-the century nationalizing empires, their challenges and opportunities. Covering just thirty years of Franko’s life, the book itself possesses many “imperial” qualities—from its length to its author’s all-embracing gaze, which is attentive to even the seemingly most marginal details of Franko’s early life. … In accessible and engaging prose, Hrytsak narrates the powerful yet subtle story of life as experimentation with gender, linguistic, national and cultural identities and loyalties. In the end, this is a fascinating and painstakingly researched story about nationalization as the reduction of past imperial ambiguities and complexity.” —Marina Mogilner, Edward and Marianna Thaden Chair in Russian and East European Intellectual History and Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago“The appearance of an English translation of Hrytsak’s biography of Ivan Franko is an event of singular importance…The limits of this review do not allow a presentation of the many arguments Hrytsak explores. Suffice it to say that his discussion is always erudite, extremely well-researched and well-rounded, as well as interesting and instructive…This volume will be of great interest to a wide variety of readers, not only to those specifically focused on Franko.”— Maxim Tarnawsky, Slavic ReviewTable of Contents Preface Translated by Mark Baker PART I: Franko and His Times Chapter 1: Austrian Galicia: Movement without Changes, Changes without Movement Chapter 2: The Riddles of His Birth Chapter 3: Early Childhood Chapter 4: School Years Chapter 5: Between the Small and the Large Fatherland Chapter 6: Did the Peasants Have a Fatherland? Chapter 7: The Turning-Point: The Modern Metropolis Chapter 8: At the Forefront of the Socialist Movement Chapter 9: “A Journal, All We Need Is a Journal!” PART II: Franko and His Society Chapter 10: Franko and His World Perception Chapter 11: Franko and His Peasants Chapter 12: Franko and His Boryslav Chapter 13: Franko and His Women Chapter 14: Franko and His Jews Chapter 15: Franko and His Readers Chapter 16: How Franko Became a Genius Chapter 17: A Prophet in His Own Land Bibliography Index
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Georgetown University Press Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam
Book SynopsisIn Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam, Lahouari Addi attempts to assess the history and political legacy of radical Arab nationalism to show that it contained the seeds of its own destruction. While the revolutionary regimes promised economic and social development and sought the unity of Arab nations, they did not account for social transformations, such as freedom of speech, that would eventually lead to their decline. But while radical Arab nationalism fell apart, authoritarian populism did not disappear. Today it is expressed by political Islam that aims to achieve the kind of social justice radical Arab nationalism once promised. Addi creatively links the past and present while also raising questions about the future of Arab countries. Is political Islam the heir of radical Arab nationalism? If political Islam succeeds, will it face the same challenges faced by radical Arab nationalism? Will it be able to implement modernity? The future of Arab countries, Addi writes, depends on this crucial issue. It is published in collaboration with Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University.Trade ReviewAn elegant and singularly useful book, addressing ideas and events of relevance to students of nationalism, religion, Islam, the Arab world, and the Middle East more broadly. * Middle East Journal *An important contribution to the extensive literature on the political uses of Islam . . . Offers a path toward a fruitful rethinking of Islam. * Journal of North African Studies *Insightful and wide-ranging analysis . . . A valuable perspective on contemporary Arab politics. * H-Net *While he approaches the topic from a political-sociological perspective, the author discusses historical, cultural, political, and economic factors throughout the book, which allows the reader to appreciate the complexity of the issue. . . . Written in an accessible style and organized effectively, the book is likely to be of use to researchers, students, journalists, and readers with a general interest in the history and politics of the Middle East and North Africa; religion and politics; Islam and democracy; and nationalism. * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction Part I. Origins and Perspectives of Arab Nationalism1. The Emergence and Development of Arab NationalismWahhabism as a Proto-NationalismLiberal Nationalism in EgyptFrom Liberal Arabism to Radical Arab Nationalism 2. The Ideological Limitations of Radical Arab NationalismRadical Arab Nationalism against the Market EconomyPopulism against SocietyEconomism as a Response to Cultural Crisis 3. Nationalism and NationThe Militarization of PoliticsThe Aggressive Nature of NationalismWhat Is a Nation if Its People Are Not Sovereign? Part II. The Ideological and Political Dynamics of Islamism4. Islamism as Cultural Representation and Ideological WillThe Cultural Roots of IslamismThe Making of Islamist Ideology: Sayyid Qutb and Abul A’la MawdudiToward Post-Islamism? 5. Islamism and Democracy Democracy and Political Participation Th e Al hakimiyya li Allah SloganTh e Question of Sharia 6. The Ideological and Political Perspectives of Islamism The Cultural Heterogeneity of Contemporary Arab Society Al-Nahda, Sufi sm, and Islamism Eventful Regression ConclusionIndexAbout the Author
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Georgetown University Press Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam
Book SynopsisIn Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam, Lahouari Addi attempts to assess the history and political legacy of radical Arab nationalism to show that it contained the seeds of its own destruction. While the revolutionary regimes promised economic and social development and sought the unity of Arab nations, they did not account for social transformations, such as freedom of speech, that would eventually lead to their decline. But while radical Arab nationalism fell apart, authoritarian populism did not disappear. Today it is expressed by political Islam that aims to achieve the kind of social justice radical Arab nationalism once promised. Addi creatively links the past and present while also raising questions about the future of Arab countries. Is political Islam the heir of radical Arab nationalism? If political Islam succeeds, will it face the same challenges faced by radical Arab nationalism? Will it be able to implement modernity? The future of Arab countries, Addi writes, depends on this crucial issue. It is published in collaboration with Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University.Trade ReviewAn elegant and singularly useful book, addressing ideas and events of relevance to students of nationalism, religion, Islam, the Arab world, and the Middle East more broadly. * Middle East Journal *An important contribution to the extensive literature on the political uses of Islam . . . Offers a path toward a fruitful rethinking of Islam. * Journal of North African Studies *Insightful and wide-ranging analysis . . . A valuable perspective on contemporary Arab politics. * H-Net *While he approaches the topic from a political-sociological perspective, the author discusses historical, cultural, political, and economic factors throughout the book, which allows the reader to appreciate the complexity of the issue. . . . Written in an accessible style and organized effectively, the book is likely to be of use to researchers, students, journalists, and readers with a general interest in the history and politics of the Middle East and North Africa; religion and politics; Islam and democracy; and nationalism. * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction Part I. Origins and Perspectives of Arab Nationalism1. The Emergence and Development of Arab NationalismWahhabism as a Proto-NationalismLiberal Nationalism in EgyptFrom Liberal Arabism to Radical Arab Nationalism 2. The Ideological Limitations of Radical Arab NationalismRadical Arab Nationalism against the Market EconomyPopulism against SocietyEconomism as a Response to Cultural Crisis 3. Nationalism and NationThe Militarization of PoliticsThe Aggressive Nature of NationalismWhat Is a Nation if Its People Are Not Sovereign? Part II. The Ideological and Political Dynamics of Islamism4. Islamism as Cultural Representation and Ideological WillThe Cultural Roots of IslamismThe Making of Islamist Ideology: Sayyid Qutb and Abul A’la MawdudiToward Post-Islamism? 5. Islamism and Democracy Democracy and Political Participation Th e Al hakimiyya li Allah SloganTh e Question of Sharia 6. The Ideological and Political Perspectives of Islamism The Cultural Heterogeneity of Contemporary Arab Society Al-Nahda, Sufi sm, and Islamism Eventful Regression ConclusionIndexAbout the Author
£43.20
WW Norton & Co This America: The Case for the Nation
Book SynopsisAt a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America, a follow-up to her much-celebrated history of the United States, These Truths. With dangerous forms of nationalism on the rise, Lepore, a Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, repudiates nationalism here by explaining its long history—and the history of the idea of the nation itself—while calling for a “new Americanism”: a generous patriotism that requires an honest reckoning with America’s past. Lepore begins her argument with a primer on the origins of nations, explaining how liberalism, the nation-state, and liberal nationalism, developed together. Illiberal nationalism, however, emerged in the United States after the Civil War—resulting in the failure of Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, and the restriction of immigration. Much of American history, Lepore argues, has been a battle between these two forms of nationalism, liberal and illiberal, all the way down to the nation’s latest, bitter struggles over immigration. Defending liberalism, as This America demonstrates, requires making the case for the nation. But American historians largely abandoned that defense in the 1960s when they stopped writing national history. By the 1980s they’d stopped studying the nation-state altogether and embraced globalism instead. “When serious historians abandon the study of the nation,” Lepore tellingly writes, “nationalism doesn’t die. Instead, it eats liberalism.” But liberalism is still in there, Lepore affirms, and This America is an attempt to pull it out. “In a world made up of nations, there is no more powerful way to fight the forces of prejudice, intolerance, and injustice than by a dedication to equality, citizenship, and equal rights, as guaranteed by a nation of laws.” A manifesto for a better nation, and a call for a “new Americanism,” This America reclaims the nation’s future by reclaiming its past.Trade Review"Ambitious.... a thoughtful and passionate defense of her vision of American patriotism.... [Lepore] dedicates her book to her father, 'whose immigrant parents named him Amerigo in 1924, the year Congress passed a law banning immigrants like them. " -- Michael Lind, New York Times"A sharp, short history of nationalism.... A frank, well-written look at the dangers we face. We ignore them at our peril. " -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Urgent and pithy… Readers seeking clear and relevant definitions of political concepts will appreciate this brisk yet thorough, frank, and bracing look at the ancient origins of the nation state versus the late-eighteenth-century coinage of the term ‘nationalism’ and its alignment with exclusion and prejudice. " -- Booklist"A hopeful book for all who believe that America's ideals are stronger than our demagogues. " -- Michael Bloomberg
£12.34
Liveright Publishing Corporation The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the
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Other Press LLC The Age of the Strongman: How the Cult of the
Book SynopsisNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The Times (UK) and Sunday TimesFrom Putin, Trump, and Bolsonaro to Erdoğan, Orbán, and Xi, an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the world.The first truly global treatment of the new nationalism, underpinned by an exceptional level of access to its key actors, from the award-winning journalist and author of Easternization.This is the most urgent political story of our time: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh, and Washington. These leaders are nationalists and social conservatives, with little tolerance for minorities, dissent, or the interests of foreigners. At home, they claim to be standing up for ordinary people against globalist elites; abroad, they posture as the embodiments of their nations. And everywhere they go, they encourage a cult of personality. What’s more, these leaders are not just operating in authoritarian political systems but have begun to emerge in the heartlands of liberal democracy. Gideon Rachman has been in the same room with most of these strongmen and reported from their countries over a long journalistic career. While others have tried to understand their rise individually, Rachman pays full attention to the widespread phenomenon and uncovers the complex and often surprising interaction among these leaders. In the process, he identifies the common themes in our local nightmares, finding global coherence in the chaos and offering a bold new paradigm for navigating our world.
£22.39
Other Press LLC The Age of the Strongman: How the Cult of the
Book SynopsisNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The Times (UK) and Sunday TimesFrom Putin, Trump, and Bolsonaro to Erdoğan, Orbán, and Xi, an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the world.The first truly global treatment of the new nationalism, underpinned by an exceptional level of access to its key actors, from the award-winning journalist and author of Easternization.This is the most urgent political story of our time: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh, and Washington. These leaders are nationalists and social conservatives, with little tolerance for minorities, dissent, or the interests of foreigners. At home, they claim to be standing up for ordinary people against globalist elites; abroad, they posture as the embodiments of their nations. And everywhere they go, they encourage a cult of personality. What’s more, these leaders are not just operating in authoritarian political systems but have begun to emerge in the heartlands of liberal democracy. Gideon Rachman has been in the same room with most of these strongmen and reported from their countries over a long journalistic career. While others have tried to understand their rise individually, Rachman pays full attention to the widespread phenomenon and uncovers the complex and often surprising interaction among these leaders. In the process, he identifies the common themes in our local nightmares, finding global coherence in the chaos and offering a bold new paradigm for navigating our world.
£15.29
Plough Publishing House Plough Quarterly No. 29 – Beyond Borders
Book SynopsisCan we move beyond borders that divide us without losing our identity? Over the past decade, the yearning for rootedness, for being part of a story bigger than oneself, has flared up as a cultural force to be reckoned with. There’s much to affirm in this desire to belong to a people. That means pride in all that is admirable in the nation to which we belong – and repentance for its historic sins. A focus on national identity, of course, can lead to darker places. The new nationalists, who in Western countries often appeal to the memory of a Christian past, applaud when governments fortify borders to keep out people who are fleeing for their lives. (Needless to say, such actions are contrary to the Christian faith.) Is our yearning for roots doomed to lead to a heartless politics of exclusion? Does maintaining group or national identity require borders guarded with lethal violence? The answer isn’t artificial schemes for universal brotherhood, such as a universal language. Our differences are what make a community human. Might the true ground for community lie deeper even than shared nationality or language? After all, the biblical vision of humankind’s ultimate future has “every tribe and language and people and nation” coming together – beyond all borders but still as themselves. In this issue: - Santiago Ramos describes a double homelessness immigrant children experience as outsiders in both countries. - Ashley Lucas profiles a Black Panther imprisoned for life and looks at the impact on his family. - Simeon Wiehler helps a museum repatriate a thousand human skulls collected by a colonialist. - Yaniv Sagee calls Zionism back to its founding vision of a shared society with Palestinians. - Stephanie Saldaña finds the lost legendary chocolates of Damascus being crafted in Texas. - Edwidge Danticat says storytelling builds a home that no physical separation can take away. - Phographer River Claure reimagines Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince as an Aymara fairy tale. - Ann Thomas tells of liminal experiences while helping families choose a cemetery plot. - Russell Moore challenges the church to reclaim its integrity and staunch an exodus. You’ll also find: - Prize-winning poems by Mhairi Owens, Susan de Sola, and Forester McClatchey - A profile of Japanese peacemaker Toyohiko Kagawa - Reviews of Fredrik deBoer’s The Cult of Smart, Anna Neima’s The Utopians, and Amor Towles’s The Lincoln Highway - Insights on following Jesus from E. Stanley Jones, Barbara Brown Taylor, Teresa of Ávila, Oscar Romero, Martin Luther King Jr., Eberhard Arnold, Leonardo Boff, Meister Eckhart, C. S. Lewis, Hermas, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus’ message into practice and find common cause with others.
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: Patriotism
Book SynopsisPatriotism has long been an important theme in world literature, especially during the era of the so-called "nation-state." Millions of people, motivated by patriotism, have served their countries in many different ways, including in military service in which millions have died. What is patriotism? How has it been defined, embraced, and sometimes rejected? How are various attitudes toward it reflected in literature? These are the kinds of questions this volume will explore from deliberately diverse perspectives.
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NavPress Publishing Group Kingdom and Country
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Encounter Books,USA Disloyal Opposition: How the NeverTrump Right
Book SynopsisThe election of Donald Trump in 2016 didn’t just shock the country, it jolted the Republican Party and forced an overdue reckoning between rank-and-file Republicans and party leadership. Long-held beliefs promoted by the Republican Party establishment were smashed in real time as Republican voters, and millions of Obama voters especially in the Midwest, rejected the bi-party consensus on illegal immigration, international trade pacts, and losing foreign wars. The GOP—and the conservative movement—was upended by a brash Manhattan mogul who connected with coveted working-class voters in a way no other Republican presidential candidate had in three decades.Stung by his ascendancy as Republican voters rejected one establishment candidate after another during the presidential primaries, exiled conservative leaders banded together to form what is known as “NeverTrump.” This cabal of self-proclaimed conservatives includes two former Republican presidential nominees, former Republican lawmakers and Bush administration officials, campaign consultants, and editors and writers at top conservative publications. After failing to stop Trump in 2016, NeverTrump became part of #TheResistance, a crusade primarily organized by the Left to sabotage Trump’s presidency. The very same people who had used the Republican Party as their vehicle for power, fame, and influence are actively working to destroy the party’s leader and punish Trump-supporting Republicans in Washington. NeverTrump helped deceive the public about nonexistent Russian election collusion and supported impeaching the president. Some jumped on the Left’s mob against Brett Kavanaugh and the Covington Catholic High School students. NeverTrump opposed nearly every Trump policy without offering any alternative to what they derisively called “Trumpism.” At the same time, NeverTrump became what they claimed to despise about Donald Trump: petty, vengeful, bombastic, reactionary, and abusive. As a result, it’s imperative that those associated with NeverTrump never hold a place of influence in the GOP again.Trade Review“Disloyal Opposition is a deft exposé of NeverTrump, a small group of former conservatives, nearly all of them occupying posts in Washington, who never came to terms with the election of Donald Trump and have spent the last three years working against everything they once believed. Julie Kelly names names in this rapid-fire account, describing how these formerly influential conservatives joined with Democrats and left-wing philanthropists in a campaign to bring down the most conservative president since Ronald Reagan.”—James Piereson, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and president of the William E. Simon Foundation“Julie Kelly offers a bombshell description of the descent of the so-called NeverTrump Republicans from initial opposition to Trump to bitter and often ugly derangement—ending, as she points out, in political irrelevance, echo-chamber banality, Beltway neuroticism, hypocritical renunciations of most of their own prior positions, useful idiocy in service to the billionaire Left, and careers reduced to Twitter obsessions. Throughout her entire j’accuse exposé, Kelly names names and pulls no punches in a lively, carefully documented, and damning anatomy of one of the strangest cases of collective political suicide in modern memory.”—Victor Davis Hanson, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University “Rarely have dismalness of subject and liveliness of treatment come together in such a delightful way. Julie Kelly gives us a blow-by-blow treatment of the Washington Generals’ team bus catching fire, spinning out of control, and speeding off a cliff. The spectacle is horrible, yet you can’t help feeling that the people on board deserved it.”—Michael Anton, lecturer and research fellow, Hillsdale College “It’s no surprise the Left wants to destroy President Trump. But some people who call themselves ‘Conservatives’ have the same objective. Find out who they are and what they’ve done by reading Julie Kelly’s Disloyal Opposition. President Trump broke the establishment, including fake Conservatives like Bill Kristol. Julie Kelly’s Disloyal Opposition is essential reading for all who believe in Making America Great Again.”—Sebastian Gorka, host of America First and former strategist to President Trump Julie Kelly shows how many Republican publicists have masqueraded their growing identity with America’s leftist ruling class by pretending mere opposition to Donald Trump’s peculiarities. Disloyal Opposition performs a valuable service by demonstrating that the Never Trump movement opposes not one man, but rather the American people’s priorities - in short, that politics has consequences. --Angelo M. Codevilla, professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University
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Haymarket Books Blood in the Face: White Nationalism from the
Book SynopsisIn 1990, Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads, and the Rise of a New White Culture was the first book to uncover the contours, beliefs, leaders, and wider influence of the American racist far right movement. It told their story from the inside out, complete with interviews, recruiting pamphlets, cartoons, rants, sermons, threats, police reports, and more. The accompanying analysis by veteran investigative reporter James Ridgeway detailed the movement 's volatile history and its expansion beginning in the 1980s, insisting that the groups making up this "fringe" culture were too powerful—and too much a part of American culture—to be ignored or dismissed.When the book 's prescience about the dangers of the racist far-right became manifest in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, a second edition of Blood in the Face was released with a new introduction charting the rise of the Militia Movement to which Timothy McVeigh and his co-conspirators were connected. Since then, both the book and the documentary film that accompanied its release (also titled Blood in the Face), have earned cult followings.In the past 25 years, Ridgeway 's final warning—that the "fringe was becoming part of the fabric" of American politics and culture—has come to chilling fruition in the rise of the Tea Party, the racist backlash against the presidency of Barack Obama, the resurgence of anti-immigrant Nativism, the growth of racist far-right media, and the election of Donald Trump with the thunderous support of white nationalists.Trade Review"Few listened when journalist James Ridgeway sounded the alarm about the resurgent far-right. Hand this book to anyone who thinks that the racist movement ended with the Trump presidency."—James Tracy, Co-author No Fascist USA: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements"[A] guidebook through the nether regions of the racist universe." —New York Times"Ridgeway is a skilled guide through the bewildering and amorphous network of racists, radical tax resisters, skinheads, Nazis and Klansmen that composes what he terms 'an organized and, at times, violent, new far-right movement." —Los Angeles Times"[A] comprehensive view of racist politics in the United States (with some reference to Western European politics)." —Library Journal"With startling detail, this volume sets forth the violent histories of such organizations as the Ku Klux Klan, founded in 1866 by six former Confederate soldiers; the John Birch Society, an anti civil rights group masquerading as an anti Communist force; and the Po sse Comitatus, whose members gather in posses to "protect" the white race from the scourge of Jews, blacks and other minorities. Examining their influence on the political climate of the U.S., Ridgeway profiles such leaders as David Dukes, the former head of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Louisiana who ran for the Senate in 1990. Readers may feel overwhelmed by the amount of information this fascinating book imparts...." —Publishers Weekly"Clear and comprehensive." —Kirkus"[P]aint[s] a worrying picture of groups and ideologies that inspire Dylann Roof." —Guardian
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Counter-Currents Publishing Toward a New Nationalism
Book SynopsisGreg Johnson’s Toward a New Nationalism is a companion volume to his The White Nationalist Manifesto. Toward a New Nationalism collects 35 essays, speeches, reviews, and opinion pieces on a wide range of topics, including race realism, white identity, the problems with conservatism and libertarianism, White Nationalism, technological utopianism, freedom of speech, metapolitics, the Jewish question, the deep state, the rise and fall of the Alt Right, and the ethos of idealism, duty, and self-sacrifice that white advocates need to cultivate if they are to change the world.
£27.50
University of South Carolina Press Adams and Calhoun: From Shared Vision to
Book SynopsisExamines the evolving lives of two men who were crucial political figures in the consequential decades prior to the Civil WarAlthough neither of them lived to see the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun did as much any two political figures of the era to shape the intersectional tensions that produced the conflict. William F. Hartford examines the lives of Adams and Calhoun as a prism through which to view the developing sectional conflict. While both men came of age as strong nationalists, their views, like those of the nation, diverged by the 1830s, largely over the issue of slavery. Hartford examines the two men's responses to issues of nationalism and empire, sectionalism and nullification, slavery and antislavery, party and politics, and also the expansion of slavery. He offers fresh insights into the sectional conflict that also accounts for the role of personal idiosyncrasy and interpersonal relationships in the coming of the Civil War.
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University of South Carolina Press Adams and Calhoun: From Shared Vision to
Book SynopsisExamines the evolving lives of two men who were crucial political figures in the consequential decades prior to the Civil WarAlthough neither of them lived to see the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun did as much any two political figures of the era to shape the intersectional tensions that produced the conflict. William F. Hartford examines the lives of Adams and Calhoun as a prism through which to view the developing sectional conflict. While both men came of age as strong nationalists, their views, like those of the nation, diverged by the 1830s, largely over the issue of slavery. Hartford examines the two men's responses to issues of nationalism and empire, sectionalism and nullification, slavery and antislavery, party and politics, and also the expansion of slavery. He offers fresh insights into the sectional conflict that also accounts for the role of personal idiosyncrasy and interpersonal relationships in the coming of the Civil War.
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Academic Studies Press Contested Russian Tourism: Cosmopolitanism,
Book SynopsisThis literary, cultural history examines imperial Russian tourism's entanglement in the vexed issue of cosmopolitanism understood as receptiveness to the foreign and pitted against provinciality and nationalist anxiety about the allure and the influence of Western Europe. The study maps the shift from Enlightenment cosmopolitanism to Byronic cosmopolitanism with special attention to the art pilgrimage abroad. For typically middle-class Russians daunted by the cultural riches of the West, vacationing in the North Caucasus, Georgia, and the Crimea afforded the compensatory opportunity to play colonizer kings and queens in "Asia." Drawing on Anna Karenina and other literary classics, travel writing, journalism, and guidebooks, the investigation engages with current debates in cosmopolitan studies, including the fuzzy paradigm of "colonial cosmopolitanism.Trade Review"[Layton’s] elucidation of the contexts and interrelationships of her chosen texts displays a remarkable command of detail that provides enriching new insights, even for readers well-versed in Russian literary history…Well written, meticulously edited, and provided with a delightfully detailed index, the book sheds new light on an under-studied topic: the development of a commercialized tourist-service sector in the late imperial Russian period."— Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas (translated from German)“Susan Layton’s Contested Russian Tourism is a significant contribution to our knowledge about tourism’s role in Russian culture. Sweeping in scope, the book covers a range of genres (novels, stories, memoirs, travel notes, narrative poems, and personal letters); it analyzes texts fictional and non-fictional, familiar and obscure, high-brow and popular, serious and light-hearted. Proceeding in chronological order from the eighteenth century through the very end of the imperial period, Layton develops what might fairly be described as a comprehensive survey of Russian (pre-Soviet) primary texts about the experience and phenomenon of tourism. In doing so she is able to illuminate how these writings—so various in ideology, genre, and intended audience— serve as reflections on Russia’s own place in the world: it is abundantly clear that in writing about being in other places (whether those places were deemed more or less ‘civilized’ than Russia itself), tourists were always writing about their homeland…Contested Russian Tourism will be a resource for all scholars of the Russian nineteenth century, well beyond those with a particular interest in tourism.” — Anne Lounsbery, Slavic Review“One of the major contributions of this book lies in how Layton does not limit her subjects to their experiences in Western Europe, and by adding the empire’s exotic regions that beckoned to travellers, the Caucasus and Crimea, she adds to our knowledge of the multiple layers that constructed the imperial imagination. Readers already familiar with Alexander Pushkin’s and Mikhail Lermontov’s Romantic and Orientalist fascinations with the Caucasus will meet the antithesis of their Byronic heroes: Lidia Veselitskaia’s narcissistic, adulterous Mimi. . . Despite the Tolstoyan anathema to the sybaritic traveller who can only appreciate culture as a commodity fetish, Layton singles out three writers who best conform to her more expansive notion of a tourist as an agent of cultural reciprocity: Ivan Turgenev, Alexander Herzen, and Anton Chekhov.”— Louise McReynolds, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Journal of Tourism History“This very detailed account of tourist travelogues and works of literature featuring tourism creates a revealing continuum between now fairly obscure writers and extremely well-known ones. Susan Layton provides a synthesizing narrative about the course of the nineteenth century seen through the lens of travel. The practice of, and debate over, tourism sheds new light on major literary and cultural debates, particularly between conservatives and radicals. … The real payoff comes when canonical works are seen in a new context, particularly texts by Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Tolstoy.”— Katya Hokanson, University of Oregon, Russian Review (October 2022: Vol. 81, No. 4)“Particulièrement intéressantes sont les pages où l’auteur met à nu les polémiques ouvertes et feutrées, parfois d’oeuvre littéraire à oeuvre littéraire, auxquelles se livrent, par exemple, les pourfendeurs du tourisme bourgeois consumériste et repu et les défenseurs romantiques ou postromantiques du tourisme culturel, censé élever la « spiritualité » (duhovnost´) des élites russes. Contrepoint de la vulgarité et de la recherche des plaisirs bas, l’art, notamment la peinture et par conséquent les musées européens, occupe une place de choix dans toute cette littérature…” — Wladimir Berelowitch, Cahiers du Monde Russe“Of special interest are sections where the author brings to light overt or muted polemics between literary texts devoted, for instance, to lambasting the consumerist, satiated bourgeois tourist, as opposed to the romantic or post-romantic defense of cultural tourism as a purported means of enriching the Russian elite’s inner life. In counterpoint to vulgarity and the quest for low-brow pleasures, art has a privileged place in this public discourse which foregrounds painting and, consequently, western Europe’s museums.”— Wladimir Berelowitch, Cahiers du Monde Russe (excerpt translated from the French)“Susan Layton plumbs travelogues, letters, novels, stories, humor, and commentaries to probe why and how nineteenth-century Russians traveled. Her rogue’s gallery of characters features the bookish and the boorish; cultural luminaries who opined on travel for the new middle classes, and tourists who simply dressed up and went. The book’s publication during our twenty-first century pandemic lockdown is timely—a reminder of the historical importance of expanded opportunities to travel and the imprint of travel on the Russian identity.”—Jeffrey Brooks, Johns Hopkins University, author of The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and BolsheviksTable of Contents Acknowledgements Illustrations Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Becoming Tourists 1. Russia's Enlightenment Travel Model: Karamzin, the English, and Italy 2. The Romantic Vacation Mentality 3. Nationalist Worries about Tourism: Pogodin, Belinsky, Zagoskin 4. Vacationing in the Caucasus: Authenticity and the Sophisticate/Provincial Divide Part Two: Shocks of Modernization 5. Inundating the West after the Crimean War 6. Tourist Angst: Aesthetics, Moral Imagination, and Politics in Tolstoy's Lucerne 7. Cosmopolitans, the Crowd, and Radical Killjoys: Turgenev, Other Writers, and the Critics 8. Dostoevsky's Anti-Cosmopolitan Animus toward Tourism Part Three: Embourgeoisement and Its Enemies 9. The Rising Tourist Tide: Foreign Travel from Winter Notes to Anna Karenina 10. Anna Karenina and the Tourist Passion for Italy 11. Tatars and the Tourist Boom in the Crimea: Markov's Sketches of the Crimea and Other Writings 12. Tourist Decadence at the Fin-de-Siècle: Chekhov, Veselitskaya, and Other Writers Concluding Observations Bibliography
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Academic Studies Press The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in
Book SynopsisPost-Soviet Russia in the 1990s saw a surge in civic participation. The traditional power structure officially relinquished control of political rhetoric and a nascent civil society had begun to emerge. Free elections and political partisanship between reformist and conservative elements of Russian society, spurred on by Russia’s economic troubles, gave a “Wild West” tenor to public rhetoric that was reflected in the election campaigns of 1993, 1995, and 1996. In this volume, the authors examine, through a series of contemporaneously written essays, the arc of government rhetoric during the height of media freedom, the quest for a new national identity, and the struggle for self-government.Table of ContentsList of PhotosAcknowledgementsContributorsNote to ReadersAlexander YurievAlexander YurievDedication: Alexander Ivanovich Yuriev (1942–2020)Alexander YurievPrefaceMarilyn Young at a Political Communication ConferenceIntroduction to Volume TwoYeltsin and Gorbachev Part One: Framework for Understanding the Immediate Post-Soviet Political Environment: Ecological Depredation, Economic Challenges, the Press, and National IdentityYeltsin Standing on a Tank 1991 A New Day for the Soviet Environment The Former Soviet Union Leaves Environmental Legacy of Shame Review of Environmental Management in the Soviet Union by Philip R. Pryde Russian Scientists Struggle to Survive Review of The Russian Press from Brezhnev to Yeltsin: Behind the Paper Curtain by John Murray Argumentation, Globalization, and the New Nationalism: Implications and New Directions Part Two: Politics and Political Argumentation during the Yeltsin Years Democratization and Cultures of Communication: The Mission of the International Center for the Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation The Role of Public Argument in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of the December 12, 1993, Elections in the Russian Federation Analysis of Political Argumentation and Party Campaigning Prior to the 1993 and 1995 State Duma Elections: Lessons Learned and Not Learned Argument and Political Party Formulations: A Continuing Case Study of Democratization in the Russian Federation Russian Electoral Politics and the Search for National Identity Yeltsin Campaign PhotographRunoff Election Sample BallotChoose or Lose: Campaign ButtonChoose or Lose: T-shirt FrontChoose or Lose: T-shirt BackChoose or Lose: Globe and Barbed WireChoose or Lose: Jeans Jacket and Prison Garb Frameworks for Russian Identity: Arguing the Past, Defining the Future Historical Metaphor and the Search for National Identity in Russia Russia’s First Elected President Buries Its Last Czar: Reclaiming Cultural Memory in the Search for National Identity Part Three: Yeltsin’s Multiple Political Profiles (The Three Faces of Boris)Yeltsin as an Autocrat: The “Constitutional Crisis of 1993” as the Beginning of the End of Russian DemocracyShelling of the White HouseShelling of the White HouseShelling of the White House Yeltsin as a Democrat: A Lexical Content Analysis of his Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly 1994–1999 Yeltsin as a Man of the People: A Case Study of His Campaign Rhetoric during the 1996 Russian Presidential Election Yeltsin on the Campaign TrailPart Four: Looking Backward, Looking Forward Ten Years of Frustration: Transitional Rhetoric and Democratization in the Russian Federation The Fear of Politics and the Politics of Fear in Russia—Images in the US Media Echoes of Berlin 1989: Post-Soviet Discourse and the Rhetoric of National Unity Foreign Policy Challenges and The Historical “Anchors” of Russian Federation Foreign Policy after September 11, 2001 Alexei SalminInstant Democracy: Rhetorical Crises and the Russian Federation, 1991–2007Yeltsin and Putin in the President’s OfficeAfterwordIndex Bibliography
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Academic Studies Press Israel: As a Phoenix Ascending
Book SynopsisThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the beleaguered Jewish people, as a phoenix ascending of ancient legend, achieved national self-determination in the reborn State of Israel within three years of the end of World War II and of the Holocaust. They include the pivotal 1946 World Zionist Congress, the contributions of Jacob Robinson and Clark M. Eichelberger to Israel's sovereign renewal, American Jewry's crusade to save a Jewish state, the effort to create a truce and trusteeship for Palestine, and Judah Magnes's final attempt to create a federated state there. Joining extensive archival research and a lucid prose, Professor Monty Noam Penkower again displays a definitive mastery of his craft.Trade Review“As in his previous works, Monty Penkower has, through meticulous research and analysis, masterfully explained how modern Israel ascended, phoenix-like, from the ashes of the Holocaust. It is a story that has been told before, but never so lucidly or expertly as when Prof. Penkower sets his skilled pen to paper.”— Rafael Medoff, The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, USA, Modern Judaism
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Academic Studies Press Israel: As a Phoenix Ascending
Book SynopsisThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the beleaguered Jewish people, as a phoenix ascending of ancient legend, achieved national self-determination in the reborn State of Israel within three years of the end of World War II and of the Holocaust. They include the pivotal 1946 World Zionist Congress, the contributions of Jacob Robinson and Clark M. Eichelberger to Israel's sovereign renewal, American Jewry's crusade to save a Jewish state, the effort to create a truce and trusteeship for Palestine, and Judah Magnes's final attempt to create a federated state there. Joining extensive archival research and a lucid prose, Professor Monty Noam Penkower again displays a definitive mastery of his craft.Trade Review“As in his previous works, Monty Penkower has, through meticulous research and analysis, masterfully explained how modern Israel ascended, phoenix-like, from the ashes of the Holocaust. It is a story that has been told before, but never so lucidly or expertly as when Prof. Penkower sets his skilled pen to paper.”— Rafael Medoff, The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, USA, Modern Judaism
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Information Age Publishing Reproducing, Rethinking, Resisting National
Book SynopsisIn his now classic Voices of Collective Remembering, James V. Wertsch (2002) examines the extent to which certain narrative themes are embedded in the way the collective past is understood and national communities are imagined. In this work, Wertsch coined the term schematic narrative templates to refer to basic plots, such as the triumph over alien forces or quest for freedom, that are recurrently used, setting a national theme for the past, present and future. Whereas specific narratives are about particular events, dates, settings and actors, schematic narrative templates refer to more abstract structures, grounded in the same basic plot, from which multiple specific accounts of the past can be generated. As dominant and naturalised narrative structures, schematic narrative templates are typically used without being noticed, and are thus extremely conservative, impervious to evidence and resistant to change.The concept of schematic narrative templates is much needed today, especially considering the rise of nationalism and extreme-right populism, political movements that tend to tap into national narratives naturalised and accepted by large swathes of society. The present volume comprises empirical and theoretical contributions to the concept of schematic narrative templates by scholars of different disciplines (Historiography, Psychology, Education and Political Science) and from the vantage point of different cultural and social practices of remembering (viz., school history teaching, political discourses, rituals, museums, the use of images, maps, etc.) in different countries. The volume's main goal is to provide a transdisciplinary debate around the concept of schematic narrative templates, focusing on how narratives change as well as perpetuate at times when nationalist discourses seem to be on the rise. This book will be relevant to anyone interested in history, history teaching, nationalism, collective memory and the wider social debate on how to critically reflect on the past.
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Information Age Publishing Reproducing, Rethinking, Resisting National
Book SynopsisIn his now classic Voices of Collective Remembering, James V. Wertsch (2002) examines the extent to which certain narrative themes are embedded in the way the collective past is understood and national communities are imagined. In this work, Wertsch coined the term schematic narrative templates to refer to basic plots, such as the triumph over alien forces or quest for freedom, that are recurrently used, setting a national theme for the past, present and future. Whereas specific narratives are about particular events, dates, settings and actors, schematic narrative templates refer to more abstract structures, grounded in the same basic plot, from which multiple specific accounts of the past can be generated. As dominant and naturalised narrative structures, schematic narrative templates are typically used without being noticed, and are thus extremely conservative, impervious to evidence and resistant to change.The concept of schematic narrative templates is much needed today, especially considering the rise of nationalism and extreme-right populism, political movements that tend to tap into national narratives naturalised and accepted by large swathes of society. The present volume comprises empirical and theoretical contributions to the concept of schematic narrative templates by scholars of different disciplines (Historiography, Psychology, Education and Political Science) and from the vantage point of different cultural and social practices of remembering (viz., school history teaching, political discourses, rituals, museums, the use of images, maps, etc.) in different countries. The volume's main goal is to provide a transdisciplinary debate around the concept of schematic narrative templates, focusing on how narratives change as well as perpetuate at times when nationalist discourses seem to be on the rise. This book will be relevant to anyone interested in history, history teaching, nationalism, collective memory and the wider social debate on how to critically reflect on the past.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Rethinking Modern Polish Identities:
Book SynopsisA critical examination of the category of "Polishness" - that is, the formation, redefinition, and performance of various kinds of Polish identities - from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. Inspired by new research in the humanities and social sciences as well as recent scholarship on national identities, this volume offers a rigorous examination of the idea of Polishness. Offering a diversity of case studies and methodological-theoretical approaches, it demonstrates a profound connection between national and transnational processes and places the Polish case in a broader context. This broader context stretches from a larger Eastern European one, a usual frame of comparison, to the overseas immigrant communities. The authors, renowned scholars from Europe and the United States, thus demonstrate that an understanding of modern Polish identity means crossing not only historical but also geographical boundaries. Consequently, the narrative on Polish identity that unfolds in the volume is a personalized and multivocal one that presents the perspectives of a wide range of subjects: peasants, workers, migrants, ethnic and sexual minorities-that is, all those actors who have been absent in grand national narratives. As such, the examination of Polishness sheds light on the identity question more broadly, emphasizing the interplay of pluralizing and homogenizing tendencies, and fostering a reflection on national identity as encompassing both sameness and difference.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Polishness. A Story of Sameness and Difference Agnieszka Pasieka Part One: Redefining Polishness 1: The Birth of the "Polak-Katolik" Brian Porter-Szűcs 2: Vita Magistra Historiae? The Case of A. B. Paweł Bukowiec 3: An Anti-ImperialCivilizingMission: ClaimingVolhynia for the Early Second Republic Kathryn Ciancia 4: Suspicious Origins as a Category of Polish Culture Irena Grudzińska-Gross 5: Redefining Polishness through Jewishness Geneviève Zubrzycki Part Two: Identity in the Making 6: Human Mobility and the Creation of a Transatlantic Polish Culture Keely Stauter-Halsted 7: "Good Americans" and Polish Modern Identity Construction after World War I Krystyna Lipińska Illakowicz 8: From "True Believers" to "Cultural Feminists": Polish Identity and Women's Emancipation in post-1945 and post-1989 Poland Magdalena Grabowska 9: Labor, Gender, and Interethnic Relations among Polish-American Communities in Rural Massachusetts Agnieszka Pasieka 10: Being European in Poland and Polish in Europe: Transnational Constructions of National Identity Marysia Galbraith Part Three: Portraits and Performances11: Views of Polishness: Style and Representation in Local and National Exhibitions Małgorzata Litwinowicz 12: Plebeian, Populist, Post-Enlightenment-Mass Sarmatism and Its Political Forms Przemysław Czapliński 13: The Polish Connection: Lithuanian Music and the Warsaw Autumn Festival Lisa Jakelski 14: Performing Polishness Abroad: (Non-)Polish Actors and the Construction of (Trans)National Identities in European Cinema Kris Van Heuckelom 15: "Poles-Their Own Portraits" Revisited: Taking a Critical Stand Ryszard Koziołek Afterword: Polishness. A Time of Deconstruction, a Time of Reconstruction Paweł Rodak Editors and Contributors Index
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Lexington Books Saudi Arabia: A SWOT Analysis of a Family-Wahhabi
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the process of national development in Saudi Arabia through the use of the SWOT model, which examines the kingdom's strengths and weaknesses as well as the opportunities and threats it faces in internal and external arenas. This book combines a historical and contemporary analysis of Saudi politics and society such as: sub-religious rivalry, conflict between tradition and modernization, oil's impact ton KSA's national identity, and internal instability within the royal family.Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: StrengthsChapter 2: Weaknesses Chapter 3: OpportunitiesChapter 4: ThreatsConclusionsBibliographyAbout the Author
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Hachette Books We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang
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