Nationalism and war 1st Edition by John Hutchinson 0192519409 9780192519405

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• ISBN 10: 0192519409
• ISBN 13: 9780192519405
• Author: John

his interdisciplinary book is the first systematic study of the relationship between nationalism and war and, as such, makes an original contribution to theories of nationalism and state formation. It offers a dynamic and interactive framework by which to understand the role of warfare in its changing manifestations in the rise of nation-states, the formation of national communities, definitions of political rights and duties, and the transformation from a world of empires to one of nation states. Nationalism and War scrutinizes existing approaches that view both nations and nationalism as recent products of martial state-building that began with the military revolutions in Europe, and argues that nationalism and national communities emerged independently in the Middle Ages to shape both war-making and state-building. This book also explores the connection between war commemoration and the creation of nations as sacralized communities that offer meaning and purpose to a world marked by unpredictable change. It shows how nationalist military revolutions led to the downfall of Empires in total war and the mass production of postcolonial nation states. But problems of security have also inspired recurring patterns of re-imperialization. This book refutes claims that we are now in a global and post-national era where traumatic accounts have replaced the heroic narratives that once sustained nation-states. Finally, it appraises approaches that claim there is an inherent connection between nationalism and collective violence, arguing such connections are largely contingent.

Table of contents:

1. European War-Making and the Rise of Nation States

Introduction

Tilly/Mann and the Military Revolution

Warfare, National Identity, and State Formation

Warfare, State Fragility, and Regenerative Nationalism

War, Citizenship, and the Establishment of Mass National Solidarities

War and a World System of Nation States

Conclusion

2. Warfare, Memorialization, and the Formation of National Communities

Introduction

Warfare and the Sacred Foundations of Nations

The Nation as Community of Sacrifice

Myth Construction, Identity, and Politics

Old and New Myths

Denationalizing Wars?

Pacific and Martial Nations

3. Warfare, Imperial Collapse, and the Mass Creation of Nation States

Introduction

Geopolitical Power vs Nationalist Ideology

War, Nationalism, and the Imperial Dissolution

Why the Shift from Empire to Nation States?

Imperial Legacies and Nation-State Formation

Empire and Security in a World of Nation States

4. Contemporary Warfare and the End of Heroic Nationalism?

Introduction

War and the Transition to Postnationalism?

Nationalism Transformed, Not Transcended

Global Religion, Cosmic War, and Battle of Civilizations

5. Is Nationalism War-Prone?

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