ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1993
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Civilization and the Furies of Nationalism

Simon & Schuster 1993 256 strana

odlična očuvanost

The author traces nationalism`s origins and shows its threatening, divisive power in the post-Cold War world.

Pfaff calls nationalism the most powerful political force of our century. In this valuable historical survey, he identifiesresurgent nationalism as the phenomenon that destroyed Western imperialism, undermined colonial systems and defeated the totalitarian internationalism of Marxist-Leninism. Pfaff argues against the opinion that Nazism was also an international movement because the Nazis envisaged Europe`s unification under Nordic peoples. The Nazi threat, in his analysis, was overcome through resistance fueled largely by nationalist feelings. Pfaff, who writes regularly for the New Yorker , considers American nationalism as a force capable of great altruism but also of vindictive violence. Ranging from the spread of Islamic fundamentalism to the Yugoslav War, this clear-sighted report highlights the potential of nationalism for progressive change or irrational hatred and chauvinist aggression. History Book Club alternate; author tour.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Unlike Daniel Patrick Moynihan`s Pandaemonium ( LJ 5/1/93), which is as much a foreign policy prescription as a literate discussion of the phenomenon of nationalism, Pfaff`s work is a forbidding intellectual overview of the concept of nation and its place in the pantheon of world politics. Meticulously researched, this book is an excellent introduction to ethnopolitics for undergraduates and graduate students alike. Pfaff argues that nationalism is perhaps the great force in contemporary international politics and that it has survived Marxism, which was born out of the same liberal tradition. Resisting the centripetal pull of internationalism, nationalism is a visceral, centrifugal reaction that defies and disrupts civil relations among states: its examples include the carnage in Bosnia. Pfaff`s bibliography contains many classic works on the topic and provides an excellent resource for students.