No, Liberal Historians Can’t Tame Nationalism
Historians should reject nationalism and help readers to avoid its dangers.
The Future is Another Country
Historians should reject nationalism and help readers to avoid its dangers.
When a dream for democracy can open its eyes to the nightmarish realities of a demonized people, there may be a fighting chance for justice.
On the recent fight to prevent Modi’s government from controlling the University of Delhi’s teaching curriculum, which is part of a larger effort by Hindu nationalists to maintain cultural and political hegemony in India.
The triumphalism in [nationalist] narrative[s] ignores the destructive nature of nationalism while also legitimizing it as a real and natural occurrence, despite the bulk of nationalist theory showing that it is far from that. By relying on this narrative, we may fail to see the danger present in new nationalist movements such as the recently emergent White Nationalism.