Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Philosophical Perspectives

by Miscevic, Nenad

• ISBN13: 9780812694154
• ISBN10: 0812694155
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-23
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

This collection of essays approaches the problems and strengths of nationalism from a number of philosophical perspectives. The contributors craft a definition of nation/nationalism that emphasizes the cultural and sociopolitical ties uniting members of a country rather than merely their place of origin.

Author Biography

Nenad Miscevic is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, and Director of the Philosophy Program at Central European University, Budapest

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: The (Im-)morality of Nationalism	1	(22)
Nenad Miscevic
PART I: NATION AND NATIONALISM	23	(76)
On Redefining the Nation	25	(32)
Michel Seymour
On National Belonging	57	(18)
Olli Lagerspetz
Zionism, Nationalism, and Morality	75	(24)
Elias Baumgarten
PART II: FOR AND AGAINST	99	(160)
Patriotism: Morally Allowed, Required, or Valuable?	101	(14)
Igor Primoratz
On Liberalism's Ambivalence Regarding Nationalism	115	(18)
Christopher Heath Wellman
National Partiality: Confronting the Intuitions	133	(24)
Daniel Weinstock
The New Nationalisms	157	(20)
Gillian Brock
Nationalist Arguments, Ambivalent Conclusions	177	(20)
Margaret Moore
Liberal Egalitarianism and the Case for Supporting National Cultures	197	(22)
Alan Patten
Does Membership in a Nation as Such Generate Any Special Duties?	219	(20)
Friderik Klampfer
Is National Identity Essential for Personal Identity?	239	(20)
Nenad Miscevic
PART III: THE COMPROMISE WITH LIBERALISM	259	(62)
Cosmopolitan Democracy and Liberal Nationalism	261	(22)
Jocelyne Couture
Liberally Limited Nationalism	283	(16)
Robert E. Goodin
Cosmopolitan Nationalism	299	(22)
Kai Nielsen
Contributors	321	(2)
Index	323