Dynamics of National Identity: Media and Societal Factors of What We Are (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

By: Leonie Huddy and Peter Schmidt and Jürgen Grimm and Josef Seethaler

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Synopsis: Globalization, immigration and economic crisis challenge the conceptions of nations, trans-national institutions and post-ethnic societies which are central topics in social sciences' discourses. This book examines in an interdisciplinary and international comparative way structures of national identity which are in conflict with or supporting multi-ethnic diversity and trans-national connectivity. The book’s first section seeks to clarify the concepts of national identity, nationalism, patriotism and cosmopolitism and to operationalize them consistently. The next section regards the diversity within national states and the consequences for the management of identity and intra-national integration. The third section focuses on external integration between different nations by searching for the "squaring of the circle" between the bonding with co-patriots and the critical reflection of one's own national perspective in relation to others. The last section explores to what extent and in which ways media use shapes collective identity.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 356 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781317597353
Related ISBNs:: 9780367869847, 9781138816428, 9781315746111
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/24/22
Copyrighted By:: Jürgen Grimm, Leonie Huddy, Peter Schmidt and Josef Seethaler
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Josef Seethaler
Edited by:: Peter Schmidt
Edited by:: Leonie Huddy
Edited by:: Jürgen Grimm