Victimhood Nationalism - History and Memory in a Global Age

In this theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich book, Jie-Hyun Lim offers a new way to understand nationalism and its political instrumentalization of suffering, developing the concept of "victimhood nationalism" and exploring it in a range of global settings.

Sommario

Preface
1. Mnemohistory
2. Genealogy
3. Sublimation
4. Globalization
5. Nationalization
6. Dehistoricization
7. Overhistoricization
8. Juxtaposition
9. Denial
10. Forgiveness
Coda: Beyond Mnemonic Eurocentrism
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Jie-Hyun Lim is the CIPSH Chairholder of Global Easts, Distinguished Professor, and founding director of the Critical Global Studies Institute at Sogang University. In 2025-2026, he is the Class of 1955 Visiting Professor in Global Studies at Williams College. His many books include Global Easts: Remembering, Imagining, Mobilizing (Columbia, 2022).

Riassunto

In this theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich book, Jie-Hyun Lim offers a new way to understand nationalism and its political instrumentalization of suffering, developing the concept of “victimhood nationalism” and exploring it in a range of global settings.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jie-Hyun Lim, Lim Jie-Hyun
• Con la collaborazione di: Megan Sungyoon (Traduzione)
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9780231216890
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21689-0
• Pagine: 456
• Serie: Columbia Studies in International and Global History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Europe, European History, Asia, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, General and world history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General