The Nation/State Fantasy
This book explores the origins of nationalism and the ideal of nation/state congruency since early-modern European thought, their transformation over time and endurance in contemporary political thought and IR theory. The author deploys a Lacanian-psychoanalytical reading of nationalism and the nation/state that goes beyond methodological nationalism and state-centrism critiques. He offers a genealogical inquiry into the emergence of the nation/state congruency ideal, thus exposing and problematising the practices that render nationalism and the ideal of the nation/state necessary. Offering a new way to read the ontology and epistemology of the nation/state, this work will be of interest to students and scholars of nations and nationalism, political thought, critical international relations and critical security studies.
| Autor: | Mandelbaum, Moran M. |
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| ISBN: | 9783030229207 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 236 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 19.11.2020 |
| Untertitel: | A Psychoanalytical Genealogy of Nationalism |
| Schlagworte: | IR theory Jacques Lacan Lacanian psychoanalysis nation/state nation/state congruency nationalism political anthropology political philosophy political thought psychology and politics |
Moran M. Mandelbaum is Lecturer in International Relations in SPIRE (School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations and Environment), Keele University, UK.