Ethnicity, Homogeneity, Nation: A Relationship of Tension. Issue 167 (1st June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salzborn, Samuel
• Is Part Of: Theoria. Volume 68:Issue 167(2021)
• Page Start: 66
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2021-06-01
• Subjects: democracy -- ethnicity -- homogeneity -- nation -- political order -- political theory; Arts -- Periodicals; Humanities -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; 082
• DOI: 10.3167/th.2021.6816703
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-5817

Abstract

Abstract: The categories of ethnicity, homogeneity and the nation partially contradict each other, but they also overlap. In order to examine this tension, this article will consider these terms in the context of the question that mediates their relationship, namely, the stability and instability of political orders. My aim is to articulate a conceptual framework that makes it possible to discuss this relationship of tension and sketch it from a theoretical perspective.