With a focus on united Germany and the post-1989 German
unification process, Phillips outlines the necessity and
feasibility of a concept of post-national patriotism. Specifying
the example of racist violence, Dr. Phillips argues that a
substantial measure of Germany's social consensus can only be
extended to heterogeneous Europe if there is a greater recognition
of heterogeneous Germany, not only by Germans, but by non-Germans
as well. He shows that the consensual structures of German-based
transnational business may play a leading role in the development
of a sense of post-national patriotism.
Phillips argues that state solutions to issues of immigration
and integration are not in themselves adequate, and that these may
be supplemented by private-sector institutions taking on
responsibility. Business opposition to racist violence in unified
Germany has neither succeeded substantially in eliminating racism
in Germany, nor achieved a significant reduction in non-Germans'
prejudices about Germans. However, he argues that an accentuation
of German business practices of codetermination worldwide could go
a long way to changing prejudices about Germans and prejudices in
Germany, as well as serving the interests of German-based business.
Greater processes of dialogue, also involving the private sector,
could help correct problems of group definition and intercultural
understanding, promoting shared civic identification instead of
civic demarcation. This is an important analysis for scholars and
researchers involved with the society and politics of Germany,
international relations and business, and European integration.
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