Constructing the Nation - A Race and Nationalism Reader

Informationen zum Autor Mariana Ortega is Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University and coeditor (with Linda Martín Alcoff) of Constructing the Nation: A Race and Nationalism Reader , also published by SUNY Press. Klappentext Philosophers and social theorists of color examine how racism can creep into defensive forms of nationalism. "What does it mean today to be an 'American' when one does not represent or embody the norm of 'Americanness' because of one's race, ethnicity, culture of origin, religion, or some combination of these? What is the norm of 'Americanness' today, how has it changed, and how pluralistic is it in reality?" - from the Introduction In this volume philosophers and social theorists of color take up these questions, offering nuanced critiques of race and nationalism in the post-9/11 United States focused around the themes of freedom, unity, and homeland. In particular, the contributors examine how normative concepts of American identity and unity come to be defined and defended along increasingly racialized lines in the face of national trauma, and how nonnormative Americans experience the mistrust that their identities and backgrounds engender in this way. The volume takes an important step in recognizing and challenging the unreflective notions of nationalism that emerge in times of crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Mariana (EDT)/ Martin Ortega
• Assisted by: Linda Martin Alcoff (Editor), Linda Martín Alcoff (Editor), Mariana Ortega (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.10.2009
• EAN: 9781438428475
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-2847-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: SUNY Series, Philosophy and Ra; SUNY Series, Philosophy and Ra
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Soziologie, Nationalismus, Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism