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This multidisciplinary book explores the different forms that national identities can take, as well as their political consequences, drawing not only on philosophy, but also on political science, and psychology.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Nature of National Identity
- 1: David Miller: The Coherence of Liberal Nationalism
- 2: Leonie Huddy and Alessandro del Ponte: National Identity, Pride, and Chauvinism - their Origins and Consequences for Globalization Attitudes
- Part 2: The Social Effects of National Identity
- 3: Gina Gustavsson: National Attachment - Cohesive, Divisive, or Both? A Reconsideration of the National Identity Argument through the Lens of Social Identity Theory
- 4: Nils Holtug: Does Nationhood Promote Egalitarian Justice? Challenging the National Identity Argument
- 5: Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Frank Gonzalez and Alison O'Toole: Hierarchy, American Identity, and Support for Anti-Poverty Efforts
- 6: Matthew Wright and Morris Levy: 'Solidarity' versus Values as Drivers of Support for Immigrants' Access to Social Benefits
- 7: Samuel Pehrson: Argumentative Contexts of National Identity Definition: Getting Past the Failures of a Universal Ethnic-Civic Dichotomy
- Part 3: The Place of Culture and Religion in Liberal Nationalism
- 8: Patti Tamara Lenard: Inclusive Identities: The Foundation of Trust in Multicultural Communities'
- 9: Cécile Laborde and Sune Lægaard: Liberal Nationalism and Symbolic Religious Establishment
- 10: Margaret Moore: Liberal Nationalism and the Challenge of Essentialism
- Part 4: Immigrants and Dual Nationals: Double Loyalties and Divided Selves?
- 11: Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka, Allison Harrell, and Rebecca Wallace: Beyond National Identity: Liberal Nationalism, Shared Membership and Solidarity
- 12: Karen N. Breidahl: Dual or Divided Identities? National Identity and Community Values among Immigrants in Denmark and Western Europe
- 13: Lior Erez: Where the Heart Is: Liberal Nationalism, Social Trust, and Multiple National Belongings
- 14: Kwame Anthony Appiah: An Unscientific Postscript
About the author
Gina Gustavsson is an Associate Professor at the Department of Government, Uppsala University. Her work spans political theory and political psychology, and has been published in Ethnicities, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Political Studies, The European Political Science Review, The Review of Politics, and The Cambridge Companion to Isaiah Berlin. She is also the author of a forthcoming book on romantic liberalism. Half-Swedish and half-Estonian, she has always had a keen interest in national identity and immigration.
David Miller is Professor of Political Theory at Nuffield College, Oxford and a Visiting Professor of Law and Philosophy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2002. He has written widely on issues of national identity, citizenship, territory, and immigration, attempting throughout to build bridges between political philosophy and the social sciences. His next book will defend the idea of self-determination against its many critics.
Summary
This multidisciplinary book explores the different forms that national identities can take, as well as their political consequences, drawing not only on philosophy, but also on political science, and psychology.
