Nationalism

The election of populist far-right party Law and Justice in 2015 marked a shocking break in Polish politics. A period of stability was brutally int...

Hardship is now equated with victimhood. Outward displays of vulnerability in defeat are celebrated over winning unabashedly. The pursuit of excell...

The fall of communism in the Soviet Union led many to hope and expect that liberal democracy would immediately take root across postcommunist state...

Why do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his many overt moral failings? Why do many Americans advocate so ve...

Around the world, blue-collar politics have become associated with resistance to the multicultural. While this may also be true in Edinburgh, Scotl...

Winner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize Dynasty Divided uses the story of a prominent Kievan family of journalists, scholars, and politicians to ...

Squirrel Nation is a history of Britain's two species of squirrel over the past two hundred years. The red squirrel, although rare, is among the mo...

Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. The BJP's political d...

Reissue of an incisive exploration of the many faces of modern nationalism by the esteemed author of On Consolation In 1993 Michael Ignatieff set ...

Why nationalism is a permanent political forceand how it can be harnessed once again for liberal endsAround the world today, nationalism is backand...

A loyal servant of the Ottoman Empire in his early career, Sati' al-Husri (1880-1968) became one of Arab nationalism's most articulate and influent...

How and why do listeners come over time to 'feel the nation' through particular musical works? This book develops a comparative analysis of the re...

How do groups of people fashion shared identities in the modern world? Following two communities of German-speaking Mennonites, one composed of vol...

'Timely, laser-sharp and unsettling... A must read' - Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsWe are in a new era.Authoritarian leaders have becom...

This exciting new book is the first to offer a truly comprehensive account of the vibrant topic of nationalism. Packed with a series of rich, ill...

The last two decades have seen big changes within a small nation; the distinctiveness of Wales, in terms of its political life and culture, has gro...

Historical research on modern dictatorship has often neglected the relevance of the nineteenth century, instead focusing on twentieth-century dicta...

In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. 'Remarkable.' M...

To the surprise of many, the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991, and out of its ruins arose an independent Ukraine. This was a remarkable achieve...

South Sudan, the worlds youngest country, has experienced a rocky start to its life as an independent nation. Less than three years after gaining i...

Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz was an extraordinary figure on the Polish political scene at the turn of the 20th century. A Marxist and patriot, academic a...