Weekend Reading 07/30/2016

Justin Collier Discussion

H-Nationalism’s Weekend Reading series highlights recent and thought-provoking reviews, blog posts, brief articles, and op-eds.  Have something to say about something you read?  Feel free to respond here or contact David Prior (prior@mail.h-net.msu.edu) and Justin Collier (collierjustin@gmail.com) about writing a blogpost. Follow us on Twitter @HNationalism.

 

Dear All,

H-Nationalism is sad to note the recent passing of Dr. Anthony Smith of the London School of Economics.  A short obituary is available here, and a recent op-ed by Shannon Latkin Anderson reminds us of the value of his work.

 

For openDemocracy, Tom Junes writes on the rise of “youth nationalism” in Poland.

The National Interests has an op-ed by Amitai Etzioni on the role immigrant assimilation can play in halting authoritarianism.  

Today Online has an article on economic nationalism and the Indonesian tax program.

Foreign policy has a piece exploring the notion that some extreme Chinese nationalists are actually foreigners. Forbes has an op-ed on Chinese nationalism.

U.S. News and World Report has an article on how nationalists in Denmark seek to close the door on Muslim migrants. Al Arabiya also has a story on the nationalists’ desired ban on Muslims.

The Guardian has a piece on the Catalan government’s decision to press ahead with its independence plan with or without Spanish consent.

Foreign Policy has a piece on the origins and implications of Alexander Dugin’s geopolitical teachings.

Al Jazeera has an op-ed that discusses the dangers of ethnic polarization in Afghanistan.

Herald Scotland has an op-ed critiquing Donald Trump’s particular brand of nationalism. The Week also has an op-ed about America’s new nationalism and the threat Trump poses to it.  Bloomberg also has an op-ed arguing that Trump’s nationalist image has been damaged following recent comments about alleged Russian hacking of DNC Party emails.

BBC has a piece on recent threats made by Corsican nationalists toward jihadists who may be planning to attack the French island.

 

Reviews

For H-War, Jim Harris reviews Tait Keller’s book Apostles of the Alps: Mountaineering and Nation Building in Germany and Austria, 1860-1939 (University of North Carolina Press, 2016), which examines “the Alps as a site of natural and political connection between Germany and Austria in order to present a new perspective on the international relations between the two German-speaking nations.”

 

Regards,

David Prior, Shota Kincha, Emmanuel Dalle Mulle, Kit Man, and Justin Collier