Nationalism

Abstract

Nationalism is one of the most salient phenomena in the contemporary world. This course starts by exploring the emergence of nationalism in the international system before turning to more recent topics such as decolonization, the end of the cold war, post-communist politics, ethnic conflict, supranational integration, pan-nationalist movements and their relationship to religion and terrorism.

Content

Course schedule October 20. Introduction October 27. Key concepts Gellner, Nations and Nationalism, Chap. 1. Anderson, Benedict. 1991. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso, chap. 1. November 3. Theories I Gellner, Nations and Nationalism. Chaps. 2-7. November 10. Theories II Anderson, Benedict. 1991. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso, chap. 2-3. Mann, Michael. 1992. “The Emergence of Modern European Nationalism.” In Transition to Modernity: Essays on Power, Wealth and Belief, ed. John A. Hall and Ian Jarvie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Smith. National Identity. chaps. 2-3. November 17. Nationalist systems change. Hintze, Otto. [1902] 1975. “The Formation of States and Constitutional Development: A Study in History and Politics.” In The Historical Essays of Otto Hintze, ed. Felix Gilbert. New York: Oxford University Press. Barkin, J. Samuel and Bruce Cronin. 1994. “The State and the Nation: Changing Norms and the Rules of Sovereignty in International Relations.” International Organization 48: 107-130. November 24. Three types of nationalism. Breuilly, Nationalism and the State, chap. 1-3. December 1. Unification and separatist nationalism. Breuilly, Nationalism and the State, chaps. 4-6, 15. Hroch, Miroslav. 1993. “From National Movement to the Fully-formed Nation.” New Left Review 198: 3-20. December 8. Anti/Post-colonial nationalism. Breuilly, Nationalism and the State, chaps. 7-10, 12-14. December 15. Post-communist nationalism Breuilly, Nationalism and the State, chap. 17. Schöpflin, George. 1995. “Nationalism and Ethnicity in Europe, East and West.” In Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe, ed. Charles A. Kupchan. Itaca: Cornell University Press. December 22. Postponed January 12. Ethnic conflict. Posen, Barry R. 1993. “The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict.” In Ethnic Conflict and International Security, ed. Michael E. Brown. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Mann, Michael. 1999. “The Dark Side of Democracy: The Modern Tradition of Ethnic and Political Cleansing.” New Left Review 235: 18-45. Weiner, Myron. 1971. “The Macedonian Syndrome: An Historical Model of International Relations and Political Development.” World Politics 23: 665-683. January 19. Beyond nationalism? The case of European integration Gellner, Nations and Nationalism, Chap. 8-10. Habermas, Jürgen. 1996. “The European Nation-State—Its Achievements and Its Limits. On the Past and Future of Sovereignty and Citizenship.” In Mapping the Nation, ed. Gopal Balakrishnan. London: Verso. Cederman, Lars-Erik. 2001. “Nationalism and Bounded Integration: What it Would Take to Construct a European Demos.” European Journal of International Relations 7: 139-174. January 26. Beyond nationalism? Pan-nationalism and religious fundamentalism. Huntington, Samuel P. 1993. “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs 72: 22-49. Barnett, Michael N. 1995. “Sovereignty, Nationalism, and Regional Order in the Arab States System.” International Organization 49: 479-510. Barth, Fredrik. 2000. “Are Islamists Nationalists or Internationalists?” In Nationalism and Internationalism in the Post-Cold War Era, ed. Kjell Goldmann, Ulf Hannerz, and Charles Westin. London: Routledge. February 3. Final exam.

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