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We are in the embrace of territorial shock today. Globalization with its migrants, foot-loose firms, cyber-war and surging income inequality induces political instability and longing for a 'saviour'. This book puts such events in a historical perspective. New social trends collide with territorial principles (closure, identity, governance) that always have been taken for granted. Should we invest the new monarchs with the same authority as the pope (16th century) or accept other classes as co-citizens (19th century)? The answer implied a moral shift and so do our problems with globalization.

Following an historical overview that traces ideas about nationalism & war as depicted in art, literature, & scholarship across the ages, the role of nationalism in "postmodern" war is explored. The way in which nationalism "brought a revolution in warfare by turning the ordinary citizen into an accomplice" is examined, demonstrating how the "democratization" of war served to unite one group -- ethnically, ideologically, & territorially -- against the outside Other. The paradoxical nature of nationalism is discussed & its manifestations as imperial or ethnic in the modern "war theater" are examined. Figures, References. K. Hyatt Stewart

Discusses history of definitions and theories of geopolitics, including role of reframing, taken from social movement theory. Followed by a commentary. Part of a special section with the overall title, "Geopolitics debate IV."