Making Sense Of Collectivity: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalisation (Social Sciences Research Centre Series)

We live in a rapidly changing world. The collapse of the Cold War, the development of new technologies and the globalisation of the world economy have all had a dramatic impact on societies across the globe. Migration, new types of wars and changing borders mean that even the stability and security of nation-states has become a thing of the past. New nationalisms, new social movements and the resurgence of identity politics all indicate that we are entering a new era where the very notion of collective identity -- through nation states or through transnational identity culture -- is challenged.This volume examines concepts of collective identity, how they are changing and what this means for our future. With contributions from distinguished sociologists including Jenkins, Eisenstadt, Rex, Bauman and Hall, it gives a radical new overview of collectivity theory -- a topic that lies at the heart of sociology, anthropology and political science. The collapse of the Cold War, the development of new technologies and the globalisation of the world economy have all had a dramatic impact on societies across the globe. Migration, new types of wars and changing borders mean that even the stability and security of nation-states has become a thing of the past. New nationalisms, new social movements and the resurgence of identity politics all indicate that we are entering a new era where the very notion of collective identity, through nation states or through transnational identity culture, is challenged. This volume examines concepts of collective identity, how they are changing and what this means for our future. With contributions from distinguished sociologists including Jenkins, Eisenstadt, Rex, Bauman and Hall, it gives a radical new overview of collectivity theory - a topic that lies at the heart of sociology, anthropology and political science. Introduction: The Idea Of Collectivity / Mark Haugaard And Siniša Malešević -- Different Societies? Different Cultures? What Are Human Collectivities? / Richard Jenkins -- The Construction Of Collective Identities And The Continual Reconstruction Of Primordiality / S.n. Eisenstadt -- The Fundamentals Of The Theory Of Ethnicity / John Rex -- Nationalism And Modernity / Mark Haugaard -- The Morphogenesis Of Nation / Gordana Uzelac -- Cultural Variety Or Variety Of Cultures? / Zygmunt Bauman -- A Disagreement About Difference / John A. Hall -- Identity : Conceptual, Operational And Historical Critique / Siniša Malešević. Edited By Siniša Malešević And Mark Haugaard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Analyses the concept of collectivity in its generality as well as in its specificity, including nationalism and modernity, cultural variety vs. variety of cultures, theory of ethnicity, etc