Nationalism and Citizenship:

Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives

Compulsory course for the first year of studies
M. A. Program in Comparative Politics
Second semester
Dr. Victor Rizescu
Lecturer
v_rizescu@yahoo.com
victor.rizescu@fspub.ro
Description: The course draws an analytical picture of the contemporary
debates on
several interrelated topics, all of them pertaining to the field of nationalism
and
citizenship studies. Four such topics are analyzed in turn: (1) the origins and
development of national identities and nationalist ideologies; (2) the varieties
of
nationalism that developed, over the last two centuries, on the continent of
Europe
and elsewhere in the world, with a focus on understanding the intricacies of
the
classical „civic-ethnic” dilemma; (3) the challenge posed by the recent school
of
„liberal nationalist’ political theorists to the mainstream liberal thinking on
nationalism, set against the background of the old-established
„liberalcommunitarian’
debate; (4) the various competing approaches taken to the problems
of collective rights and positive discrimination. Intended as an introduction to
theoretical debates and not to empirical studies, the course will nevertheless
make
reference all throughout to Romanian and East European developments
Requirements and evaluation: The course is organized as a series of
seminar/lectures on the basis of selections of readings assigned to each class.
In order
to obtain the credits, the students are required to take part in seminar
discussions,
delivering oral presentations on various pieces from the bibliography
provided.
Grading will be done on the basis of a final oral examination.
COURSE SCHEDULE AND SEMINAR BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Introduction
2. The social construction and historical genesis of nation and nationalism (I)
Elie Kedourie, Nationalism, fourth ed., Oxford, Blackwell, 1994, pp. 1-55.
Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism, Oxford, Blackwell, 1983, pp. 8-50.
Brendan O’Leary. “On the Nature of Nationalism: An Appraisal of Ernest
Gellner’s
Writings on Nationalism”, in British Journal of Political Science 27: 2, 1997,
pp. 191-222.
3. The social construction and historical genesis of nation and nationalism (II)
Liah Greenfeld, “Nationalism and Modernity”, in Social Research 63: 1, 1996,
pp. 3-
40.
John A. Armstrong, review of Liah Greenfeld, Nationalism: Five Roads to
Modernity,
in History and Theory 33: 1, 1994, pp. 79-95.
Lloyd Kramer, “Historical Narratives and the Meaning of Nationalism”, in
Journal of
the History of Ideas 58: 3, 1997, pp. 525-545.
4. The social construction and historical genesis of nation and nationalism (III)
Eric J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism since 1780, sec. ed. Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. 1-45.
Adrian Hastings, The Construction of Nationhood. Ethnicity, Religion and
Nationalism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 1-34.
Karen Barkey, Daniel Chirot, “States in Search of Legitimacy. Was There
Nationalism in the Balkans of the Early Nineteenth Century?”, in
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 24: 1-2, 1983, pp. 30-46.
5. The social construction and historical genesis of nation and nationalism (IV)
Moses I. Finley, “The Ancient Greeks and Their Nation”, in British Journal of
Sociology 5, 1954, pp. 253-264.
Gaines Post, “Medieval and Renaissance Ideas of Nation”, in Philip P. Weiner,
ed.,
Dictionary of the History of Ideas, vol 3, New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons,
1973, pp. 318-324.
Irina Livezeanu, “Fascists and Conservatives in Romania: Two Generations of
Nationalists”, in Martin Blinkhorn, ed., Fascists and Conservatives, London,
Unwin Hyman, 1990, pp. 218-239.
6. The civic-ethnic dichotomy and its intricacies (I)
John Plamenatz, “Two Types of Nationalism”, in Eugene Kamenka, ed.,
Nationalism.
The Nature and Evolution of an Idea, London, Edward Arnold, 1976, pp. 22-
36.
Daniel Chirot, “Herder’s Multicultural Theory of Nationalism and Its
Consequences”,
in East European Politics and Societies 10: 1, 1996, pp. 1-15.
Josep Llobera, “The French Ideology? Louis Dumont and the German
Conception of
the Nation”, in Nations and Nationalism 2: 2, 1990, pp. 193-211.
7. The civic-ethnic dichotomy and its intricacies (II)
Dominique Schnapper, “Beyond the Opposition: Civic Nation versus Ethnic
Nation”,
in Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 22, 1999, pp.
219-234.
Josep Llobera, “The Concept of the Nation in French Social Theory: the Work
of
Dominique Schnapper”, in Nations and Nationalism 4: 1, 1998, pp. 113-119.
Bernard Yack, “The Myth of the Civic Nation”, in Ronald Beiner, ed.,
Theorizing
Nationalism, New York, The State University of New York Press, 1999, pp.
103-118.
8. The civic-ethnic dichotomy and its intricacies (III)
Brian C. J. Singer, “Cultural versus Contractual Nations: Rethinking Their
Opposition”, in History and Theory 35: 3, 1996, pp. 309-337.
Karen Barkey, “Negotiated Paths to Nationhood: a Comparison of Hungary
and
Romania in the Early Twentieth Century”, in East European Politics and
Societies 14: 3, 2000, pp. 497-531.
Victor Rizescu, “Some Distinctions within a Classical Distinction: On the Civic
and
Ethnic Conceptions of the Nation”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political
Science Review 1: 4, 2001, pp. 1091-1102.
9. Nationalism as a topic of political philosophy (I)
Charles Taylor, “Cross-Purposes: the Liberal-Comunitarian Debate”, in Nancy
L.
Rosenblum, ed., Liberalism and the Moral Life, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard
University Press, 1989, pp. 159-182.
John O’Neill, “Should Communitarians be Nationalists?”, in Journal of Applied
Philosophy 11: 2, 1994, pp. 135-143.
David Archard, “Should Nationalists be Communitarians?”, in Journal of
Applied
Philosophy 13: 2, 1996, pp. 215-220.
10. Nationalism as a topic of political philosophy (II)
John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government, chpt. 16: “Of
Nationality, as Connected with Representative Government”, in
Utilitarianism, On Liberty, Considerations on Representative Government, ed.
by Geraint Williams, London, Dent, 1996, pp. 391-398.
Timothy Lang, “Lord Acton and the Insanity of Nationality”, in Journal of the
History of Ideas 63: 1, 2002, pp. 129-149.
Yael Tamir, Liberal Nationalism, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1993,
pp. 3-
34.
11. Nationalism as a topic of political philosophy (III)
David Miller, “The Nation-State: A Modest Defence”, in Chris Brown, ed.,
Political
Restructuring in Europe. Ethical Perspectives, London, Routledge, 1994, pp.
137-162.
Jürgen Habermas, “Citizenship and National Identity: Some Reflections on the
Future
of Europe”, in Ronald Beiner, ed., Theorizing Citizenship, New York, The
State University of New York Press, 1995, pp. 255-282.
Andrew Vincent, “Liberal Nationalism: an Irresponsible Compound?” in
Political
Studies 45: 2, 1997, pp. 275-295.
12. Multiculturalism and collective rights as theoretical challenges (I)
Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship. A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights,
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 11-74.
Will Kymlicka, Christine Straehle, “Cosmopolitanism, Nation-States, and
Minority
Nationalism: a Critical Review of Recent Literature”, in European Journal of
Philosophy 7: 1, 1999, pp. 65-88.
Janos Kis, “Beyond the Nation State”, in Social Research 63: 1, 1995, pp. 191-
215.
13. Multiculturalism and collective rights as theoretical challenges (II)
John Gray, “The Politics of Cultural Diversity”, in Post-liberalism. Studies in
Political Thought, London, Routledge, 1993, pp. 253-271.
James Tully, Strange Multiplicity. Constitutionalism in an Age of Diversity,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 30-57, 99-139.
Iris Marion Young, “Polity and Group Difference: a Critique of the Ideal of
Universal
Citizenship”, in Ronald Beiner, ed., Theorizing Citizenship, New York, The
State University of New York Press, 1995, pp. 175-208.
14. Multiculturalism and collective rights as theoretical challenges (III)
Daniel I. O’Neill, “Multicultural Liberals and the Rushdie Affair: a Critique of
Kymlicka, Taylor, and Walzer”, in The Review of Politics 61: 2, 1999, pp.
219-250.
Brian Barry, Culture and Equality: an Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 1-62.
Michael Johns, “’Do As I Say, Not As I Do’: the European Union, Eastern
Europe
and Minority Rights”, in East European Politics and Societies 17: 4, 2003, pp.
682-699.
SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY RECOMMENDED:
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Altermatt, Urs. Previziunile de la Sarajevo. Etnonaţionalismul în Europa. Iaşi,
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Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: reflections on the Origins and
Rise of
Nationalism, sec. ed. London, Verso, 1991.
Billing, Michael. Banal Nationalism. London, Sage Publications, 1995.
Breuilly, John. Nationalism and the State, sec. ed. Manchester, Manchester
University
Press, 1993.
Brubaker, Rogers. Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany.
Cambridge,
Mass., Harvard University Press, 1992.
Canovan, Margaret. Nationhood and Political Theory. Cheltenham, Edward
Elgar,
1996.
Gellner Ernest. Naţionalismul. Bucureşti, Antet, 2001 [1997].
Gilbert, Paul. The Philosophy of Nationalism. Boulder, Colo., Westview Press,
1998.
Hayes, Carlton J. H. The Historical Evolution of Modern Nationalism. New York,
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R. Smith, 1931.
Hutchinson, John. Modern Nationalism. London, Fontana, 1994.
Hutchinson, John, Anthony D. Smith, eds. Nationalism. Oxford, Oxford
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Kohn, Hans. The Idea of Nationalism: a Study in Its Origins and Background.
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Kymlicka, Will. Liberalism, Community and Culture. Oxford, Clarendon Press,
1992.
Kymlicka, Will, ed. The Rights of Minority Cultures. Oxford, Oxford University
Press, 1995.
McKim Robert, Jeff McMahan. The Morality of Nationalism. New York, Oxford
University Press, 1997.
Miller, David. On Nationality. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995.
Seton-Watson, Hugh. Nations and States: an Inquiry Into the Origins of
Nations and
the Politics of Nationalism. London, Methuen, 1977.
Shafer, Boyd C. Faces of Nationalism: New Realities and Old Myths. New York,
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Shulze, Hagen. Stat şi naţiune în istoria europeană. Iaşi, Polirom, 2003[1994].
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