Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe - 9780415123129

Taylor & Francis

Considering the question of why nationalism retains political significance when the nation state seems to be 'in decline', this volume offers a rich analysis of the 'national question' in nine major European countries. > \nThe resilience of nationalism in contemporary Europe may seem paradoxical at a time when the nation state is widely seen as being 'in decline'. The contributors of this book see the resurgence of nationalism as symptomatic of the quest for identity and meaning in the complex modern world. Challenged from above by the supranational imperatives of globalism and from below by the complex pluralism of modern societies, the nation state, in the absence of alternatives to market consumerism, remains a focus for social identity.\nNation and Identity in Contemporary Europe takes a fully interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the 'national question'. Individual chapters consider the specifics of national identity in France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Iberia, Russia,.