On Nationalism
This page is for reference and information on Nationalism. I believe nationalism is a growing concern towards peace in the world, a fairly new phenomenon. I am going to link here to various articles and books that I feel will help us get a better understanding of nationalism. I hope to locate papers that deal with nationalism here in America. I think many Americans’ patriotic leanings get ultra-nationalistic. An example was Virgil Goode’s recent rampage about Keith Ellison using the Qu’ran to be sworn in as a Congressman, when the Constitution clearly stipulates there shall be no religious test for any Congressman or individual seeking political office.
ARTICLES and ESSAYS
George Orwell’s Notes on Nationalism
For my senior thesis at BYU, I wrote about nationalism in Romania. In the 2000 election, an ultra-nationalist named Corneliu Vadim Tudor took second place in an election of 13 candidates and forced a runoff, sending palpitations in everybody’s hearts. He lost in the runoff against Ion Illiescu. The following is a link to my paper on this election:
JOURNALS
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
WEBSITES
Nationalism, as defined in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Nationalism Info at Fordham University
BOOKS
Here are several books highly recommended on nationalism.
Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
Faces of Nationalism by Tom Nairn
Broken Bonds: Yugoslavia’s Disintegration and Balkan Politics in Transition by Lenard Cohen
Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Geller
Nationalism by John Hutchinson
One should never forget George Orwell’s essay on Nationalism at
http://www.george-orwell.org/Notes_on_Nationalism/0.html
Ricecar,
Thank you for sharing that. I had forgotten about that source. It is now added to the list.
There was a very nice article on Nationalism by Bertrand Russel in his Fact and Fiction.
You could have a look.
Manas,
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll take a look at it.
You sould read Noam Chomsky’s book, ‘Hegemony or Survival’. It’s right up your alley.
Thanks for sharing that.
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