Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Class, State, and Nation in the Age of GlobalizationThis book examines the origins and development of nationalism and national movements in the twentieth century and provides an analysis of the nature and dynamics of nationalism and ethnic conflict in a variety of national settings. Examining the intricate relationship between class, state, and nation, the book attempts to develop a critical approach to the study of nationalism and ethnonational conflict within the broader context of class relations and class struggles in the age of globalization. The book consists of three parts, made up of seven chapters. Part I examines classical and contemporary conventional and Marxist theories of nationalism. Part II provides a series of empirical comparisons of nationalism and ethnic conflict on a world scale, focusing on the Third World, the advanced capitalist countries, and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. A highlight of this section of the book is a detailed comparative case study of the Palestinian and Kurdish nationalism and national movements. Part III provides a political analysis of the relationship between class, state, and nation, and lays out the class nature of nationalism and the role of the state in ethnonational conflicts that are the political manifestations of deeper class struggles that have been the driving force of nationalism and ethnic conflict in the era of globalization. Berberoglu contends that future studies of nationalism and ethnonational conflict must pay closer attention to the dynamics of class forces that are behind the ideology of nationalism by examining national movements in class terms. For only through a careful class analysis of these forces and their ideological edicts will we be able to clearly understand the nature of nationalism and ethnonational conflicts around the world. |
Contents
Mainstream Theories of the Nation and Nationalism | 5 |
Toward a Marxist Theory of Nationalism | 21 |
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in the Age of Globalization | 33 |
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict on a World Scale Global Comparisons | 35 |
Nationalism Ethnic Conflict and SelfDetermination in the Third World | 49 |
The Rise of RightWing Ultranationalist Movements in the Age of Globalization | 73 |
Nationalism the State and class Struggle | 89 |
Class State and Nation The Pillars of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | 91 |
Nationalism Ethnic Conflict and Class Struggle | 105 |
Conclusion | 113 |
Bibliography | 117 |
Index | 137 |
About the Author | 141 |
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