ABSTRACT

In Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World, world-renowned scholars employ various aspects of Connor's work to explicate the recent upsurge of nationalism on a global scale. In keeping with the growing awareness that the study of ethnonationalism requires an interdisciplinary approach, the contributors represent a number of academic disciplines, including anthropology, geography, history, linguistics, social psychology, sociology and world politics. The book discusses issues such as identity, ethnicity and nationalism, primordialism, social constructionism, ethnic conflict, separatism and federalism. It also features case studies on the Basque country, South Africa and Canada.

chapter 1|23 pages

Conceptualizing nationalism

An introduction to Walker Connor's work

part I|41 pages

Modernity and emotions

chapter 3|19 pages

Dating the nation

chapter 4|11 pages

The primordialists

chapter 5|9 pages

The primordialist–constructivist debate today 1

The language–ethnicity link in academic and in everyday-life perspective

part II|57 pages

Case studies

chapter 6|18 pages

Sabino's sin

Racism and the founding of Basque nationalism

chapter 7|17 pages

Ethnonationalism in black and white

Scholars and the South African revolution

chapter 8|20 pages

Sovereignty or separation?

Contemporary political discourse in Canada

part III|75 pages

Applied Connorian perspectives

chapter 9|31 pages

Federations and the management of nations 1

Agreements and arguments with Walker Connor and Ernest Gellner

chapter 10|22 pages

Ethnic conflict and third-party mediation

A critical review

part IV|69 pages

Wider implications

chapter 13|21 pages

Ethnicity and nationality 1

The twin matrices of nationalism

chapter 14|22 pages

Resisting primordialism and other -isms

In lieu of conclusions

chapter 15|5 pages

Walker Connor

A bibliography, 1967–2001