Book section : Chapter
Why every nation should nurture (a thick and inclusive) nationalism
- Abstract:
- Today, most societies are grappling with debates over how to create public narratives of belonging that reflect multicultural societies without alienating powerful cultural majorities. Yet the impossibility of neutral national narrative should not lead the state to forego investment in a shared national narrative. Citizens may disagree upon policies or principles, but they need shared values and attachments which can be called upon to mitigate polarizing debates within nation-states. This chapter argues that state-sponsored investment in a shared, inclusive and pluralizing national identity is one of the most important ways of creating the symbolic public good of national belonging.
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/9781009233378.010
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- Cambridge University Press
- Host title:
- Majorities, Minorities, and the Future of Nationhood
- Pages:
- 225-246
- Chapter number:
- 9
- Publication date:
- 2022-11-12
- Edition:
- 1
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- 9781009233378
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English
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1341463
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2023-05-18
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- 2022
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