Nationalism and Racism

Nationalism and Racism: Their Relationship and Development

The first breakthrough of nationalism, if not its birth, is often thought to have risen out of the French revolution in the late 18 th century. The revolution has been said to mark the "dawn of the modern era" 1 and was crucial in the political transformation of Europe that would ensue in the next two centuries. The ideas of liberalism and selfdeterminism that emerged out of the revolution spre...

From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism

My life was totally consumed by all aspects of gang life. . . .My clothes, walk, talk, and attitude all reflected my love for and allegiance to my set. Nobody was more important than my homeboys—nobody. . . . I was six years old when the Crips were started. No one anticipated its sweep. The youth of South Central were being gobbled up by an alien power threatening to attach itself to a multitud...

Arabesk: Music and nationalism

Nationalism and Separatism

Th e historical era following World War II is often referred to as the era of decolonization, the time when the former European powers, as well as America and Japan, gave up their overseas empires and dozens of new sovereign countries came into being. However, it could just as easily be called the era of nationalist separatism, as the sheer number of ethnic and pan-ethnic movements seeking inde...

Nationalism and Ethnicity

Neither nationalism nor ethnicity is vanishing as part of an obsolete traditional order. Both are part of a modem set of categorical identities invoked by elites and other participants in political and social struggles. These categorical identities also shape everyday life, offering both tools for grasping pre-existing homogeneity and difference and for constructing specific versions of such id...