The Many Faces of Patriotism

by Philip R. Abbott, Philip Abbott, Walter Berns John M. Olin University Professor, Georgetown University, Rogers Brubaker, Sakhela Buhlungu

Overview

In the decades following the end of the Cold War, scholars turned their attention to reevaluating patriotism. Many saw both its ability to serve as a cohesive force and its desirability as a political and moral concept waning in a time of peace and globalization. The shock of September 11 shook this assessment, as it brought a new surge of patriotism to America. In this volume, nine authors debate the consequences of the 21st century's patriotic resurgence, examining it both in theoretical and comparative terms that draw on examples of patriotism from ancient Greece to post-apartheid South Africa.

Each author has chosen a different angle of approach, examining a variety of interlinking questions. Should patriotism be defined to enhance universalistic concerns or is its particularistic vantage point the source of its virtue? Is patriotism a concept prone to manipulation by elites or is it a source of independent judgments by citizens? If patriotism is love of one's country, how is that love best expressed? Is such love demonstrated by fidelity, gratitude, compassion, remembrance, shame, dissent, or some combination? Joined together by Philip Abbott's incisive introduction, the essays illuminate the many-faceted nature of patriotism today.

Published in cooperation with The Center for the Study of Citizenship at Wayne State University.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742550704
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/03/2007
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.28(w) x 9.34(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Philip R. Abbott is Distinguished Graduate Professor of Political Science at Wayne State University. He has authored or edited several books, including Political Thought in America: Conversations and Debates, Third edition (2004); Strong Presidents: A Theory of Leadership (2003); and Exceptional America: Newness and National Identity (1999).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Memorial: Reflection on September 11
Chapter 3 Introduction: The Return of Patriotism
Part 4 I. Patriotism, Virtue, and Emotion
Chapter 5 1. Patriotism and Multiculturalism
Chapter 6 2. Compassion and Terror
Chapter 7 3. In the Name of Patriotism: Reflections on Patriotism and Nationalism
Chapter 8 4. "Flying the Flag of Rough Branch": Rethinking Post-September 11 Patriotism through the Writings of Wendell Berry
Part 9 II. Patriotism, Nation-Bulding, and War
Chapter 10 5. Reflections on White and Black Allegiances to South Africa: Race and Class and 'The Nation'
Chapter 11 6. Race, Nation, Democracy: Questioning Patriotism in the New South Africa
Chapter 12 7. Patriotism in Interesting Times
Chapter 13 8. Shifting Labor's Loyalties: Redefining Citizenship and Allegiance in the 1940s Left
Chapter 14 9. Patriotism and Dissent: The Vietnam Era