The Nation/State Fantasy: A Psychoanalytical Genealogy of Nationalism

Mandelbaum, Moran M.

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. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2020-11-19

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783030229207

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22918-4

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 236