Re-enchanting Nationalisms
Rituals and Remembrances in a Postmodern Age
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Beschreibung
This book provides original insight into the way we now engage and remember national history. Drawing on fieldwork and analysis of international case studies on state commemoration, memorialization, recreational and tourism and times of disaster and crisis, the author demonstrates that not only does the nation frequently retain a strong cultural relevance in our global world but that the emergence of new forms of ritual and remembrance means that in many instances we are seeing the re-enchantment of nationalism. Drawing upon and developing an empirically informed cultural sociology, the author charts the distinctive qualities of these new national rites and how they feed into and advance particular cosmopolitan and orthodox national politics. Because social science has so often wrongly assumed the end of nationalism, the insights of this of the book about the possibilities and limitations of contemporary nationalism demand serious consideration by academics and also by policy makers and the general public.
This book provides original insight into the way we now engage and remember national history. Drawing on fieldwork and analysis of international case studies on state commemoration, memorialization, recreational and tourism and times of disaster and crisis, the author demonstrates that not only does the nation frequently retain a strong cultural relevance in our global world but that the emergence of new forms of ritual and remembrance means that in many instances we are seeing the re-enchantment of nationalism. Drawing upon and developing an empirically informed cultural sociology, the author charts the distinctive qualities of these new national rites and how they feed into and advance particular cosmopolitan and orthodox national politics. Because social science has so often wrongly assumed the end of nationalism, the insights of this of the book about the possibilities and limitations of contemporary nationalism demand serious consideration by academics and also by policy makers and the general public.
Provides a systematic approach to the growing field of commemoration studies Examines new ritual engagements with national history and identity Combines museum studies, tourism, and cultural preservation into a cohesive theory Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Brad West
Themen in »Re-enchanting Nationalisms«
2002 Bali Bombing Terrorist Act 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Civil Religion Cultural Differences Cultural Sociology Dialogical Crisis Gallipoli and Dialogical Remembrance International Civil Religious Pilgrimage International Tourism National Historical Narratives National History and Contemporary Leisure National Humanitarianism National Identities National Re-Enchantment Re-enacting the American Civil War