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Nations and Nationalisms: Towards More Open Models
Author(s) -
Jenkins Richard
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1354-5078.1995.00369.x
Subject(s) - nationalism , ideology , ethnic group , proposition , politics , sociology , ethnic nationalism , abstraction , state (computer science) , northern ireland , political economy , gender studies , political science , law , epistemology , ethnology , anthropology , computer science , philosophy , algorithm
. Starting from the proposition that nationalism is bound up with ethnicity, Barth's view that ethnicity is defined by actors and that ethnicities are situationally variable is drawn upon to argue that narrow definitions of nationalism – as a specifically modem political ideology which is bound up with the nation‐state – overstate their case. Instead of nationalism we should be talking about nationalisms, which can only be understood in their local and historical contexts. An open definition of nationalism is offered, which permits abstraction and generalisation while accommodating empirical heterogeneity. Material from Wales, Northern Ireland and Denmark is presented to illustrate some of the differences between local nationalisms.