Global Convulsions: Race, Ethnicity, And Nationalism At The End Of The Twentieth Century (suny Series, The Social Context Of Education)

Global Convulsions affords the reader an array of observations, data, and insights pertaining to both local and global events around the issues of race, ethnicity and nationalism at the end of the twentieth century. It scrutinizes closely the phenomenon of race in both historical and scientific contexts, and calls out a range of sociohistorical forces that have engendered ethnicity and nationalism. Through case studies, the contributors bring into sharp focus an array of ethnic cleavages, the difficulty of the struggle for national rights where language and religion draw a hard ethnic divide, and the actual corrosiveness of ethnicity and nationalism on the state. The enduring value of Global Convulsions lies in its global reach and the patterns that it calls out. It makes plain that the state is no salvation in relation to national chauvinism, ethnic exclusivism, and/or racial paranoia. Indeed, the state, if not the cause, is often a consummative force perpetuating these phenomena. Still, according to the contributors to this volume, the state has much potential to transcend the divides of race, ethnicity, and nationalism. And so, in Global Convulsions does one discern the possibility of "us/them" becoming "us together." List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Foreword (CAROL EDLER BAUMANN) xiii Acknowledgments xv About the Editor and Contributors xvii Introduction (WINSTON A. VAN HORNE) 1 Part I: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism: Concepts and Images 1 Race and Biology LINDA VIGILANT 49 2 The Bell Curve: A Cross-Century Tradition Concerning Race and Intellect WINSTON A. VAN HORNE 63 3 Race in History MARTIN BERNAL 75 4 Concepts of Nationalism in History BRIAN E. PORTER 93 5 Cultural Foundations of Ethnonationalism: The Role of Religion MARTIN E. MARTY 115 6 Cultural Nationalism and "Internationalization" in Contemporary Japan KOSAKU YOSHINO 131 Part II: National Identity and the Struggle for National Rights 7 Religion and Identity in Northern Ireland MARIANNE ELLIOTT 149 8 Israel and Palestinian Statehood GALIA GOLAN 169 9 Palestinian Statehood MUHAMMAD HALLAJ 189 10 Whither the Kurds? GEORGE S. HARRIS 205 Part III: Nationalism and the Crisis of the Multiethnic/Multinational State 11 The Relentless Pursuit of the National State: Reflections on Soviet and Post-Soviet Experiences MARK R. BEISSINGER 227 12 Nationality Questions in the Baltic: The Lithuanian Example ALFRED ERICH SENN 247 13 Ethnonationalism and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia ROBIN ALISON REMINGTON 261 14 China and the Containment of Ethnonationalism DAVID D. BUCK 281 15 Political Ethnicity and State-Building in Nigeria CLAUDE AKE 299 16 Canada and the Challenge of the Quebec Independence Movement MARC V. LEVINE 315 Epilogue WINSTON A. VAN HORNE 339 Index of Persons, Places, and Organizations 347 Subject Index 357