Global Matrix Nationalism, Globalism and State-Terrorism

by Nairn, Tom; James, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780745322919
• ISBN10: 0745322913
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-20
• Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary

Leading scholars explore the cultural politics of globalisation, nationalism and violence.

Author Biography

Tom Nairn is Professor of Nationalism and Cultural Diversity at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. He is the author of The Break-Up of Britain (Verso 1977; 3rd edition, Common Ground 2003), After Britain (Granta, 2000) and Pariah (Verso, 2002). He writes regularly for newspapers and magazines including the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, the New Statesman and the London Review of Books.
Paul James is Director of the Globalism Institute and Professor of Globalism and Cultural Diversity at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has written or edited several books including Nation Formation (Sage, 1996), winner of the Crisp Medal for Political Studies, Work of the Future: Global Perspectives (1997) and Tour of Duty (2002).

Table of Contents

Preface: In Search of a Name	vii
1. Introduction: Mapping Nationalism and Globalism	1	(18)
PART I: RETHINKING GLOBALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
2. Global Enchantment: A Matrix of Ideologies	19	(11)
3. Global Trajectories: America and the Unchosen	30	(27)
4. Global Tensions: A Clash of Social Formations	57	(16)
PART II: DEBATING CIVIC AND POST-NATIONALISM
5. Fetishized Nationalism? by Joan Cocks	73	(16)
6. Ambiguous Nationalism: A Reply to Joan Cocks	89	(15)
7. Dark Nationalism or Transparent Postnationalism?	104	(21)
PART III: REFLECTING ON OLD AND NEW NATIONS
8. Ukania: The Rise of the 'Annual Report' Society	125	(18)
9. Australia: Anti-Politics for a Passive Federation	143	(16)
10. Late Britain: Disorientations from Down Under	159	(16)
11. North America: The Misfortunes and 'Death' of Ethnicity	175	(15)
12. Central Asia: Continuities and Discontinuities	190	(15)
PART IV: CONFRONTING TERROR AND VIOLENCE
13. Democracy and the Shadow of Genocide	205	(8)
14. Nationalism and the Crucible of Modern Totalitarianism	213	(8)
15. Control and the Projection of a Totalizing War-Machine	221	(8)
16. Terrorism and the Opening of Black Pluto's Door	229	(7)
17. Meta-War and the Insecurity of the United States	236	(12)
18. Post-2001 and the Third Coming of Nationalism	248	(14)
Notes	262	(25)
Index	287