Nationalism and Beyond : : Introducing Moral Debate about Values / / Nenad Miščević.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Miščević, Nenad,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 p.)

A very readable introduction to the concepts and principles shaping the philosophical debate around nationalism. The book provides portraits of two kinds of nationalists: the tougher type, more common in everyday life, and the ultra-moderate "liberal nationalist" encountered in academia. The author introduces a debate with a "thoughtful nationalist," one who defends the view that states should be organized around national culture and that individuals have basic obligations to their nation. The author attempts to answer his opponent's standard arguments and presents a fully documented critique of his views. A passion born from Miscevic's encounter with nationalism in the former Yugoslavia glows from every line of the argument. Questions raised and discussed include: Why is radicalism typical of nationalism? How successful is the nation-state? Does nationalism support liberal-democratic values? Is membership in a nation necessary for human fulfillment and for understanding values? Why might nationalism be immoral? The book is unique not only because it explains a contemporary moral debate, in terms clear to the non-philosopher reader, but also because it has been written from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe based on the author's personal experience.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Part One NATIONALISM AS A POLITICAL PROGRAM -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO. PORTRAYING NATIONALISM -- CHAPTER THREE. INVIDIOUS NATIONALISM -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE EVEN-HANDED NATIONALIST: SUMMARIZING THE ARGUMENT -- CHAPTER FIVE. THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION -- CHAPTER SIX. THE RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE -- CHAPTER SEVEN. HOW SUCCESSFUL IS THE NATION-STATE? -- CHAPTER EIGHT. DOES NATIONALISM SUPPORT LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC VALUES? -- CHAPTER NINE. POLITICAL ALTERNATIVES TO NATIONALISM -- Part Two IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND TRADITION -- CHAPTER TEN. NATION AND CULTURE -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE GENERAL VALUE OF CULTURE -- CHAPTER TWELVE. HUMAN FLOURISHING AND UNDERSTANDING OF VALUES -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. NATIONAL TRADITION AS A SCHOOL OF MORALS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. IS NATIONAL IDENTITY ESSENTIAL FOR THE IDENTITY OF PERSONS? -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN ARGUMENT -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. RECAPITULATION: NATIONALISM AGAINST CULTURE -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. ULTRA-MODERATE NATIONALISM -- Part Three CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. WHY NATIONALISM MIGHT BE IMMORAL -- CHAPTER TWENTY. PLURALISTIC COSMOPOLITANISM -- THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX