Nationalism in Late and Post-Communist Europe

Prof. Dr. Egbert Jahn

doi:10.5771/9783845211817

Summary

The age of nationalism has often been declared a bygone era. But it is by far not at its end. In the years 1990-93, more nation states than ever before came into being within a short period of time: 15 hybrid ethno-national states and three fragile states of federated nations. Since then, of the latter the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia fell apart, the two others are imperilled by ethno-national movements. State and ethnic nationalism have combined in each country in curious forms, allowing here and there for a gradual national consciousness, which aims at multinational federalism or national autonomy as an alternative to national secession.

In this volume, authors from the East and the West discuss the results of many years of research on nationalism, as well as new approaches to the understanding of the nation. In addition, the failure of the multinational states Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, of the partial national state GDR, and presumably also Bosnia and Herzegovina, is analysed. After the breakdown of the multinational states and the polyethnic empires some decades ago, the question is raised if an integrating European Union will succeed in finding an adequate answer to nationalism and the nationalities problem.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-3968-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1181-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 366
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 9
Foreword No access Pages 10 - 17
1. The state-transformation in the East of Europe. “Second national rebirth”. Nationalism, national movements, and the formation of nation-states in late and post-communist Europe since 1985 No access Pages 18 - 80 Egbert Jahn
2. West European nationalism in the 19th and early 20th century No access Pages 81 - 95 Dieter Langewiesche
3. The historical conditions of “nationalism” in Central and East European countries No access Pages 96 - 108 Miroslav Hroch
4. Violence and ethnicity No access Pages 109 - 131 Georg Elwert, Kristóf Gosztonyi
5. National minorities, nationalizing states, and external national homelands in the new Europe No access Pages 132 - 151 Rogers Brubaker
6. New nationalisms in Eastern Europe – a sixth wave? No access Pages 152 - 170 Hans-Jürgen Puhle
7. Forget the nation: A post-nationalist understanding of nationalism or choosing the right language for human coalitions and projects No access Pages 171 - 191 Valery A. Tishkov
1. Failures compared. The state nationalisms of non-national states in socialist Europe No access Pages 192 - 199 Peter Bonin
2. Soviet patriotism, 1985-1991 No access Pages 200 - 222 Dmitry M. Epstein
3. Yugoslavia: No man’s land. On the problem of a Yugoslav political idea at the end of the 1980s No access Pages 223 - 241 Nenad Stefanov
4. Czechoslovakia-patriotism and Czech-Slovak nationalism. Vain attempt to mediate between two apparently incompatible ethno-nationalisms No access Pages 242 - 266 Andreas Reich
5. Not on ideology alone. On the failure of socialist German national consciousness in the GDR No access Pages 267 - 287 Bruno Schoch
6. The failure of Bosnian-Herzegovian patriotism No access Pages 288 - 312 Marie-Janine Calic
7. The significance of the failure of polyethnic and multinational states for the integration of Europe No access Pages 313 - 349 Egbert Jahn
Additional bibliography No access Pages 350 - 363
List of authors No access Pages 364 - 366