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9 - Why Every Nation Should Nurture (a Thick and Inclusive) Nationalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2022

By
Maya Tudor
Edited by
Liav Orgad  and
Ruud Koopmans
Liav Orgad
Affiliation:
European University Institute, Florence
Ruud Koopmans
Affiliation:
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
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Summary

Today, most societies are grappling with debates over how to create public narratives of belonging that reflect multicultural societies without alienating powerful cultural majorities. Yet the impossibility of neutral national narrative should not lead the state to forego investment in a shared national narrative. Citizens may disagree upon policies or principles, but they need shared values and attachments which can be called upon to mitigate polarizing debates within nation-states. This chapter argues that state-sponsored investment in a shared, inclusive and pluralizing national identity is one of the most important ways of creating the symbolic public good of national belonging.

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majoritiesminoritiesnationalismliberalisminclusiveexclusivedemocracy
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Majorities, Minorities, and the Future of Nationhood , pp. 225 - 246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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