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In this volume, twelve leading sociologists and historians leverage the conceptual work of John A. Hall to explore the complex and profoundly consequential relationship between states, nations, power, and civility.
List of contents
Part One: National Contexts 1. Is America Breaking Apart? The Rise of Donald Trump
2. How Homogenous Need America Be? Nation, Race, and Civility
3. Roadblocks to Civility: Lessons from Turkish Nationalism
4. Urban Civility Defying Political Authoritarianism? Unpacking Turkey’s Reversal of Democracy
5. Under Stress: Civility, Compassion, and National Solidarity - The Refugee Crisis in Germany after 1945
Part Two: International and Comparative Contexts 6. Nationalism and Imperialism as Enemies and Friends: Nation-State Formation and Imperial Projects in the Balkans
7. The Despotic and Infrastructural Powers of Democratic, Autocratic, and Authoritarian Regimes
8. Resistance and Nationalist Violence: A Hallsian Approach to Nation-Building in a Colonial Context
9. Two Communist Revolutions: A Hallsian Comparison of China and Russia
10. Religious Toleration in Pre-Modern Empires
11. Ashoka and Constantine: On Mega-Actors and the Politics of Empires and Religions
About the author
Francesco Duina is Professor of Sociology at Bates College and Honorary Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia.
Summary
In this volume, twelve leading sociologists and historians leverage the conceptual work of John A. Hall to explore the complex and profoundly consequential relationship between states, nations, power, and civility.
