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Internationalism in the Age of Nationalism

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Description for Internationalism in the Age of Nationalism Paperback. Glenda Sluga traces internationalism through its rise before World War I, its mid-century apogee, and its decline after 9/11. Drawing on archival material and contemporary accounts, this innovative history restores internationalism as essential to understanding nationalism in the twentieth century. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.

The twentieth century, a time of profound disillusionment with nationalism, was also the great age of internationalism. To the twenty-first-century historian, the period from the late nineteenth century until the end of the Cold War is distinctive for its nationalist preoccupations, while internationalism is often construed as the purview of ideologues and idealists, a remnant of Enlightenment-era narratives of the progress of humanity into a global community. Glenda Sluga argues to the contrary, that the concepts of nationalism and internationalism were very much entwined throughout the twentieth century and mutually shaped the attitudes toward interdependence and transnationalism that influence global ... Read more

Internationalism in the Age of Nationalism traces the arc of internationalism through its rise before World War I, its apogee at the end of World War II, its reprise in the global seventies and the post-Cold War nineties, and its decline after 9/11. Drawing on original archival material and contemporary accounts, Sluga focuses on specific moments when visions of global community occupied the liberal political mainstream, often through the maneuvers of iconic organizations such as the League of Nations and the United Nations, which stood for the sovereignty of nation-states while creating the conditions under which marginalized colonial subjects and women could make their voices heard in an international arena. In this retelling of the history of the twentieth century, conceptions of sovereignty, community, and identity were the objects of trade and reinvention among diverse intellectual and social communities, and internationalism was imagined as the means of national independence and national rights, as well as the antidote to nationalism.

This innovative history highlights the role of internationalism in the evolution of political, economic, social, and cultural modernity, and maps out a new way of thinking about the twentieth century.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812223323
SKU
V9780812223323
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About Glenda Sluga
Glenda Sluga is Professor of International History at the University of Sydney and author of The Nation, Psychology, and International Politics, 1870-1919.

Reviews for Internationalism in the Age of Nationalism
"Sluga's definition of internationalism allows her to highlight the scope of the phenomenon: a vast and diverse array of people and groups strove to make the world a better place. . . . She has written a stimulating [book] that prods its readers to think hard."—American Historical Review "Lively, accessible, and imaginative. Sluga enters the worlds of leading twentieth-century policy-makers, ... Read more

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