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A new sociology of nationalism: The sociology of property and nation
Author(s) -
Fuglestad Eirik Magnus
Publication year - 2021
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/nana.12610
Subject(s) - nationalism , property (philosophy) , sociology , enlightenment , sovereignty , perspective (graphical) , property rights , sociological imagination , epistemology , law , social science , law and economics , political science , politics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
In this essay, I will reflect upon what has been sociology's contribution to understanding the emergence and development of nationalism and how sociology can contribute to understanding nationalism's present and future through a property rights perspective. The essay will discuss, in particular, how historical sociological analysis of property rights and property rights regimes may be central to understanding nationalism past and future. After a general and brief discussion on the current, so‐called return of nationalism, the essay starts with discussion of some late enlightenment proto‐sociologists, suggesting that these writers actually analysed some crucial early dynamics of property and sovereignty which is central to understanding nationalism. The essay then moves on to suggests why a property rights focus might be a useful perspective to understanding nationalism in the 21st century.