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Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism
What is everyday nation and why does it matter in times of heightened nationalism? This article offers a brief commentary around these questions. It takes as a context the rise in nationalism associated with the surge in populist politics – a rise which risks being exacerbated by the present COVID-1...
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| author | Marco Antonsich |
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| description | What is everyday nation and why does it matter in times of heightened nationalism? This article offers a brief commentary around these questions. It takes as a context the rise in nationalism associated with the surge in populist politics – a rise which risks being exacerbated by the present COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing the origins of what can be loosely labelled as ‘everyday nation’ scholarship, the article makes the case for the importance of such an analytical approach to unpack the simplistic rhetoric which conflates nation with one ethnoculturally homogenous people. The argument advanced is that everyday nation allows for a plurality of people and understandings of nation to emerge. As much as this focus is essential in times when nationalism pretends to speak for one people, a fuller understanding of nation can only be realised, though, through an integrated theory which bridges its micro and macro dimensions. |
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| spelling | rr-article-122647312020-12-17T00:00:00Z Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism Marco Antonsich (1251417) Sociology not elsewhere classified Everyday nation Banal nationalism Populism COVID-19 Sociology What is everyday nation and why does it matter in times of heightened nationalism? This article offers a brief commentary around these questions. It takes as a context the rise in nationalism associated with the surge in populist politics – a rise which risks being exacerbated by the present COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing the origins of what can be loosely labelled as ‘everyday nation’ scholarship, the article makes the case for the importance of such an analytical approach to unpack the simplistic rhetoric which conflates nation with one ethnoculturally homogenous people. The argument advanced is that everyday nation allows for a plurality of people and understandings of nation to emerge. As much as this focus is essential in times when nationalism pretends to speak for one people, a fuller understanding of nation can only be realised, though, through an integrated theory which bridges its micro and macro dimensions. 2020-12-17T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/12264731.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Everyday_nation_in_times_of_rising_nationalism/12264731 CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Sociology not elsewhere classified Everyday nation Banal nationalism Populism COVID-19 Sociology Marco Antonsich Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism |
| title | Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism |
| title_full | Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism |
| title_fullStr | Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism |
| title_short | Everyday nation in times of rising nationalism |
| title_sort | everyday nation in times of rising nationalism |
| topic | Sociology not elsewhere classified Everyday nation Banal nationalism Populism COVID-19 Sociology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/12264731.v1 |