Guibernau, Montserrat
Belonging: Solidarity and Division in Modern Societies
The power of belonging stems from the potential to generate an emotional attachment capable of fostering a shared identity, loyalty and solidarity among members of a given community. It is this strong emotional dimension that enables belonging to act as a trigger for political mobilization and, in extreme cases, to underpin collective violence.
Among the topics examined in this book are identity as a political instrument; emotions and political mobilization; the return of authoritarianism and the rise of the new radical right; symbols and the rituals of belonging; loyalty, the nation and nationalism. It includes case studies from Britain, Spain, Catalonia, Germany, the Middle East and the United States.
This wide-ranging and cutting-edge book will be of great interest to students and scholars in politics, sociology and the social sciences generally.
Keywords: belonging, nationalism, identity, emotions, community, loyalty, nation, authoritarianism, freedom, constraint, symbols, ritual
- Author(s)
- Guibernau, Montserrat
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 240 pages
- Category
- History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9780745671680
- Printed ISBN
- 9780745655079