nationalism

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• 2/6/2023
  

  Historians are Being Asked to Spin Simple Stories of Nationalism; The Past Won't Cooperate

  by Joe Djordjevski

  Nationalist forces in both Bulgaria and North Macedonia want to use historians to reach a definitive conclusion to debates over the territory's ethnic and national identity. But from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire to the fall of Communism, those questions have been complex, difficult, and ambiguous. 

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• 1/15/2023
  

  Resisting Nationalism in Education

  by Jacob Goodwin

  "Countering the pull toward nationalistic authoritarianism requires intellectual openness and curiosity.  This is a challenge in the time of recovery from the global pandemic, environmental catastrophe and jagged economic turbulence."

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• SOURCE: Noema
  1/10/2023
  

  Why the Kremlin Made "Z" its Symbol of the Ukraine Invasion

  by Alexander Etkind

  Can Russia's aggression against Ukraine be explained by its leaders fetishizing the small differences in national life, and the divergent fortunes of the post-Soviet generation, in the two countries? Are those gaps so small that only an invented symbol could express them? 

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• SOURCE: Jerusalem Post
  1/4/2023
  

  Can Religious Zionists Reject the Religious Zionist Party?

  by Gil Troy

  Can religious Zionism survive being hijacked by a party of anti-democratic and anti-humanist zealots? One historian of Zionism says he's not on board with the Israeli far right.  

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• SOURCE: Activist History Review
  11/8/2022
  

  No, Liberal Historians Can't Tame Nationalism

  by Eran Zelnik

  Liberal historians confronted with both right-wing nationalism and renewed "history wars" have tried to thread a needle by telling a positive story of nationalism. The author contends the exclusionary and belligerent aspects of nationalism can't be domesticated by surrounding them with the right narrative.

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• 8/14/2022
  

  Not All Roads Lead to Kashmir

  by Andrew Howard

  A recent tragedy on a historically contentious railway route shows that decisions about infrastructure development are made with symbolic and emotional considerations as well as pragmatic ones.

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• SOURCE: New Statesman
  8/4/2022
  

  Orban's American Apologists

  by John Ganz

  Why is the leader of a small and politically insignificant European nation suddenly a celebrated hero for the American right? Orban's brand of nationalism represents a test of how far ethnonationalists can go in public. 

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• SOURCE: I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused (Substack)
  8/1/2022
  

  CPAC's Orban Fandom in Historical Context

  by Jason Tebbe

  Orbanism resonates with today's American right because it explicitly rejects liberalism, involves the masses in politics while rigging the system for favorable outcomes, and gets its power from resentment of marginalized “outsiders," galvanizing a group feeling its demographic and cultural position decline. 

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• 7/3/2022
  

  The Edmund Burke Foundation Betrays its Namesake and Threatens Liberty with "National Conservatism"

  by Thomas Lecaque and J.L. Tomlin

  The Edmund Burke Foundation has claimed the mantle of the foundational conservative in its recent manifesto, but what the document articulates is a blueprint for an authoritarian, theocratic society that owes more to European fascism.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/30/2022
  

  Putin's Far from the Only Autocrat Abusing History

  by Katie Stallard

  "As Putin is currently demonstrating, questionable historical narratives in faraway autocracies are a problem for democracies too."

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• SOURCE: World Socialist Website
  4/25/2022
  

  World Socialist Website: Tim Snyder Changes Conclusions on Ukrainian Fascism

  Have influential historians of Eastern European nationalism and antisemitism softened their assessment of Ukrainian nationalism because of the Russian invasion? 

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• 3/27/2022
  

  Brexit and European War Mark Another Chapter in the Saga of Reinventing Britishness

  by Dominic Selwood

  The good news for Brits struggling with national identity in the wake of Brexit and under the threat of war? Britishness has been a constantly negotiated and evolving idea for centuries. 

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• SOURCE: Deseret News
  3/17/2022
  

  Is Putin a New Constantine?

  by Daniel Gullotta

  "In short, Putin seems to strike some conservatives as a new Constantine for a new Christendom standing against progressive totalitarianism."

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  3/4/2022
  

  Is there Any Place for Patriotism on the Left? Michael Kazin and Rafia Zakaria Debate

  Does patriotism help people on the left engage with the democratic process, ensuring it isn't dominated by the right? Or does it stop people from developing the international consciousness needed to address the world's problems? 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  3/5/2022
  

  What Binds Some American Evangelicals to Putin's Regime and War?

  by Bethany Moreton

  Russia's embrace of both religious nationalism and gender traditionalism makes many American evangelicals feel that Putin is their ally in a war against spiritual degeneracy. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  2/26/2022
  

  The Antisemitism Underlying Putin's Claim to "Denazify" Ukraine

  by Jason Stanley

  "Putin, the leader of Russian Christian nationalism, has come to view himself as the global leader of Christian nationalism, and is increasingly regarded as such by Christian nationalists around the world."

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  3/3/2022
  

  War Torn: Confronting the Problems of the Nationless

  by Nick Turse

  Those displaced by war, persecution, and economic desperation constitute more than a billion people. The "nationless" are the third-largest nation on Earth, and their ranks will only grow.

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• SOURCE: Lawfare
  2/28/2022
  

  Putin's Historical Memory Laws Foreshadowed Ukrainian Invasion

  by Francine Hirsch

  Legal penalties for critical interpretations of the Soviet role in the second world war are an effort to prop up a nationalist version of Russian history that is being used to justify the invasion of Ukraine as a humanitarian and antifascist measure. 

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• SOURCE: Financial Times
  2/23/2022
  

  Putin's Denial of Ukrainian Statehood Carries Dark Echoes

  by Timothy Snyder

  "History cannot stop a war. But it can help us, at least, to understand how one begins, which is with arrogance and lies."

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• SOURCE: Saturday Evening Post
  1/5/2021
  

  The Dangerous “Patriotism” of the January 6 Insurrection

  by Ben Railton

  The participants in the attack on the Capitol a year ago reflected a "mythic patriotism" founded on the belief in an authentic, white, Christian nation under attack by enemies dangerous enough to justify any measures in opposition.