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:

Jos Mafia! Sus Patria!

JOURNALS

Nations and Nationalism

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

WEBSITES

Nationalism, as defined in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Nationalism Info at Fordham University

The Nationalism Project

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

Nations and Nationalism since 1780 by E. J. Hobsbawm

Ethnonationalism

America, Right or Wrong

8 Responses leave one →
  1. 2007 January 25
    Ricercar permalink

    One should never forget George Orwell’s essay on Nationalism at

    http://www.george-orwell.org/Notes_on_Nationalism/0.html

  2. 2007 January 25

    Ricecar,

    Thank you for sharing that. I had forgotten about that source. It is now added to the list.

  3. 2007 February 15

    There was a very nice article on Nationalism by Bertrand Russel in his Fact and Fiction.
    You could have a look.

  4. 2007 February 16

    Manas,

    Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll take a look at it.

  5. 2007 March 1

    You sould read Noam Chomsky’s book, ‘Hegemony or Survival’. It’s right up your alley.

  6. 2007 March 1

    Thanks for sharing that.

  7. 2008 October 7
    Carlos permalink

    *100% agrees with knighthospitaller

    :)

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