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Nationalism was declared to be dead too early. A postnational age
was announced, and liberalism claimed to have been victorious by
the end of the Cold War. At the same time postnational order was
proclaimed in which transnational alliances like the European Union
were supposed to become more important in international relations.
But we witnessed the rise a strong nationalism during the early
21st century instead, and right wing parties are able to gain more
and more votes in elections that are often characterized by
nationalist agendas. This volume shows how nationalist dreams and
fears alike determine politics in an age that was supposed to
witness a rather peaceful coexistence by those who consider
transnational ideas more valuable than national demands. It will
deal with different case studies to show why and how nationalism
made its way back to the common consciousness and which elements
stimulated the re-establishment of the aggressive nation state. The
volume will therefore look at the continuities of empire, actual
and imagined, the role of "foreign-" and "otherness" for
nationalist narratives, and try to explain how globalization
stimulated the rise of 21st century nationalisms as well.
Nationalism was declared dead too early. At the end of the Cold
War, the postnational age was announced and liberalism claimed to
have been victorious. Simultaneously, a postnational order was
proclaimed. Transnational alliances like the European Union were
thought to become much more important in international relations.
Instead, we witnessed the rise of various forms of strong
nationalisms all over the globe during the early twenty-first
century and right-wing parties gaining more and more votes in
elections often characterized by heavily nationalist agendas. This
volume shows how nationalist dreams and fears determine politics in
an age that was supposed to witness a rather peaceful coexistence
amongst nations by those who consider transnational ideas more
valuable than national demands. The case studies in the book offer
explanations of how and why nationalism made its way back to the
common consciousness and which elements stimulated the
re-establishment of the aggressive nation-state. Continuities of
empire, actual or imagined, as well as the role of "foreign-" and
"otherness" for nationalist narratives, are key in order to explain
how, among other factors, globalization stimulated the rise of
twenty-first century nationalisms.
Jewish studies has been a vibrant academic discipline for many
decades, and since the establishment of the Association for Israel
Studies in 1985 to engage in research on the history, politics,
society, and culture of the modern state of Israel, the two
disciplines have worked along parallel tracks in universities. This
book focuses on the vibrant academic field of Israel studies and
its complex and dynamic relations and intersections with its
“older sibling” Jewish studies. Scholarly contributions from
around the globe illustrate that the ongoing and growing interest
in Israel studies, in particular since the early 2000s, must be
analyzed and understood in its relationship to Jewish studies. Only
this will allow scholarship to reflect on not only the
intersections between the two fields but also on the prospects of
cross-pollination between the disciplines for research and
teaching. This will become ever more vital in an increasingly
globalized world with shifting concepts, borders, and identity
concepts.
Jewish studies has been a vibrant academic discipline for many
decades, and since the establishment of the Association for Israel
Studies in 1985 to engage in research on the history, politics,
society, and culture of the modern state of Israel, the two
disciplines have worked along parallel tracks in universities. This
book focuses on the vibrant academic field of Israel studies and
its complex and dynamic relations and intersections with its "older
sibling" Jewish studies. Scholarly contributions from around the
globe illustrate that the ongoing and growing interest in Israel
studies, in particular since the early 2000s, must be analyzed and
understood in its relationship to Jewish studies. Only this will
allow scholarship to reflect on not only the intersections between
the two fields but also on the prospects of cross-pollination
between the disciplines for research and teaching. This will become
ever more vital in an increasingly globalized world with shifting
concepts, borders, and identity concepts.
This book explores the "Golden Age" of Sephardic Jewry on the
Iberian Peninsula and its perception in German Jewish culture
during the era of emancipation. For Jews living in Germany, the
history of Sephardic Jewry developed into a historical example with
its distinctive valence and signature against the pressure to
assimilate and the emergence of anti-Semitism in Germany. It
provided, moreover, a forum to engage in internal dialogue amongst
Jews and external dialogue with German majority society about
challenging questions of religious, political, and national
identity. In this respect, the perception of prominent Sephardic
Jews as intercultural mediators was key to emphasizing the skills
and values Jews had to offer to civilizations in the past. German
Jews invoked this past significance in their case for a Jewish role
in present and future societies, especially in Germany.
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