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Reflections from Taiwan on the history of creole & official, linguistic & long-distance nationalisms in Asia & Europe, & their implications for China. Is there any significant difference here between East & West? Adapted from the source document.

This article analyzes ethnic nationalism and liberalism as expressed in the views of Croatians in the aftermath of the 1991-1995 war-a war during which ethnic-nationalist rhetoric played a large role. Because the war was part of systemic change in the nation, including the adoption of more democratic and capitalist social formation, we also anticipated economic and political liberalism to be present among a sizeable portion of the population. The authors provide an analysis of the structrual conditions fostering these sentiments, an analysis potentially applicable to a range of societies presently in transition. The authors find that three out of five Croatians embrace both ethnic-national views and views that are distinctly liberal, suggesting that liberal nationalism is now dominant in Croatia. The characteristics of groups holding differing views suggest that recent events and current changes in Croatia bode positively for continued growth of liberal sentiments, but this will not necessarily be at the expense of ethnic nationalism. (Nations and Nationalism, ECMI)

THE KOREANS' NATIONALIST ROOTS ARE STRONGER THAN THOSE OF OTHER NEWLY-EMERGING COUNTRIES OF THE POST-IMPERIALIST ERA. KOREAN NATIONALISM HAS THREE DIMENSIONS: EXTERNAL NATIONALISM (THE MAINTENANCE OF KOREAN'S IDENTITY AND PRESTIGE BEFORE THE WORLD AND RESISTANCE AGAINST FOREIGN MANIPULATION OR DOMINATION), INTERNAL NATIONALISM (RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND A MODERN POLITY), AND REUNIFICATION NATIONALISM (SEEKING TO OVERCOME THE UNNATURAL DIVISION OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE INTO SEPARATE STATES).

ABSTRACT. There is widespread agreement that nationalism emerged in the historical fountainheads of modernity, and was subsequently diffused outwards. Contrary to that, there is a long standing view that nationalism precedes modernity even in the broadly accepted cradles of both modernity and nationalism, such as England or France, neither of which was modern when it engendered nationalism. Besides, some emergent nationalisms ran concurrent with their English or French counterparts, with little evidence of having been spawned by diffusion. Such early or protonationalisms often sprang from resistance to foreign conquest, putting in doubt the invention‐diffusion hypothesis. I am therefore suggesting that nationalism has not emerged in few societies, but in many, and that it was engendered by social interactions, not by a particular social formation. While nationalism emerges within society, its genesis occurs in‐between social groups and societies, making it a product of their interactions. That makes it u‐topic, its cradles socially diverse, and its conception interactional, not gestational.

Why do many of us swell with pride at the sound of the national anthem or sight of the national flag? Why do we use our nationalities to describe who we are? Why do politicians claim to stand for ?national values? above all else?In his new critical study of nationalism, R.J.B. Bosworth explores the origins and purpose of the division of human kind into national groupings. The book explores the history of nationalism, arguing that the present is seeing a dangerous growth of what might be called 'national fundamentalism'. Bosworth suggests that nations work best when they possess the ability t

When the U.S. Constitution was first created and signed, America was a small country with a tiny population. As the country expanded to the south and the west, citizens became more loyal to their state or region and not to the overall nation. This book explores the concept of nationalism, the conditions in the United States that encouraged its growth, and the struggle to preserve the Union despite cultural and political differences within the country. Important elements of nationalism discussed in this book include political parties and elections; policies and programs; people and society; eco