The Risks and Benefits of National Stories. Issue 4 (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith, Rogers M.
• Is Part Of: Ethics & international affairs. Volume 36:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 413
• Page End: 425
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: Nationalism -- democracy -- peoplehood -- liberal -- authoritarian -- inclusive -- egalitarian -- stories; International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 172.405
• DOI: 10.1017/S0892679422000466
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0892-6794

Abstract

Abstract: Authoritarian nationalism is on the rise in many countries around the world, threatening liberal democracies. Many on the left rightly fear that any and all celebrations of national identities risk heightening these dangers. It is questionable, however, whether illiberal nationalism can be defeated politically without some reliance on progressive stories of national identity that advance themes of equality, freedom, and inclusion in ways that resonate with many of the traditions in which those whom progressives seek to mobilize have been raised.