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Banal Nationalism.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, Limited, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (183 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781446264577
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.5/4
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Contents:
Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Indroduction -- 2. Nations and Languages -- 3. Remembering Banal Nationalism -- 4. National Identity in the World of Nations -- 5. Flagging the Homeland Daily -- 6. Postmodernity and Identity -- 7. Philosophy as a Flag for the Pax Americana -- 8. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Summary: Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme expressions of nationalism, the author turns his attention to the everyday, less visible forms which are neither exotic or remote, he describes as b̀anal nationalism′. The author asks why people do not forget their national identity. He suggests that in daily life nationalism is constantly flagged in the media through routine symbols and habits of language. Banal Nationalism is critical of orthodox theories in sociology, politics and social psychology for ignoring this core feature of national identity. Michael Billig argues forcefully that wi.
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Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Indroduction -- 2. Nations and Languages -- 3. Remembering Banal Nationalism -- 4. National Identity in the World of Nations -- 5. Flagging the Homeland Daily -- 6. Postmodernity and Identity -- 7. Philosophy as a Flag for the Pax Americana -- 8. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme expressions of nationalism, the author turns his attention to the everyday, less visible forms which are neither exotic or remote, he describes as b̀anal nationalism′. The author asks why people do not forget their national identity. He suggests that in daily life nationalism is constantly flagged in the media through routine symbols and habits of language. Banal Nationalism is critical of orthodox theories in sociology, politics and social psychology for ignoring this core feature of national identity. Michael Billig argues forcefully that wi.

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