The Nation/State Fantasy: A Psychoanalytical Genealogy of Nationalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030229207)

This book explores the origins of nationalism and the ideal of nation/state congruency since early-modern European thought, their transformation over time and endurance in contemporary political thought and IR theory. The author deploys a Lacanian-psychoanalytical reading of nationalism and the nation/state that goes beyond methodological nationalism and state-centrism critiques. He offers a genealogical inquiry into the emergence of the nation/state congruency ideal, thus exposing and problematising the practices that render nationalism and the ideal of the nation/state necessary. Offering a new way to read the ontology and epistemology of the nation/state, this work will be of interest to students and scholars of nations and nationalism, political thought, critical international relations and critical security studies.

Author: Moran M. Mandelbaum
ISBN-10: 3030229203
ISBN-13: 9783030229207
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2020
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.52d