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A Philosophy of Nationhood and the Modern SelfNationhood and Its Critics

A Philosophy of Nationhood and the Modern Self: Nationhood and Its Critics [This chapter examines the limited nature in which nationhood has featured in contemporary political theory and proposes this narrow view of the nation haunts current debates on the subject. Critics of nationality as a philosophical category perceive it as both a conceptually and a normatively problematic, labelling nationalism as collectivist, a political or anti-political and morally arbitrary. I argue that these criticisms, while partly valid, represent inadequate grasp or unreflective use of the concept of nationhood. Critics of nationhood have not sufficiently reflected on the specific trajectory of nationalism and its relationship with citizenship, sovereignty and justice.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Philosophy of Nationhood and the Modern SelfNationhood and Its Critics

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Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-1-137-59505-8
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41 –54
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-59506-5_3
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Abstract

[This chapter examines the limited nature in which nationhood has featured in contemporary political theory and proposes this narrow view of the nation haunts current debates on the subject. Critics of nationality as a philosophical category perceive it as both a conceptually and a normatively problematic, labelling nationalism as collectivist, a political or anti-political and morally arbitrary. I argue that these criticisms, while partly valid, represent inadequate grasp or unreflective use of the concept of nationhood. Critics of nationhood have not sufficiently reflected on the specific trajectory of nationalism and its relationship with citizenship, sovereignty and justice.]

Published: Mar 24, 2017

Keywords: National Identity; Political Community; Direct Democracy; French Revolution; Penguin Book

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