Constituting Communities: Political Solutions to Cultural Conflict
The pluralism of contemporary states is often conceptualised as a problem of culture, which calls for more social cohesion. This in turn requires political, civic solutions. But what such appeals to words like citizenship, constitutionalism or civic patriotism imply is contested. From a cross-disciplinary and conceptual perspective the book discusses political solutions to cultural conflict such as constitutional patriotism, republicanism and liberal nationalism, but places these debates in...
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The pluralism of contemporary states is often conceptualised as a problem of culture, which calls for more social cohesion. This in turn requires political, civic solutions. But what such appeals to words like citizenship, constitutionalism or civic patriotism imply is contested. From a cross-disciplinary and conceptual perspective the book discusses political solutions to cultural conflict such as constitutional patriotism, republicanism and liberal nationalism, but places these debates in the context of real national traditions, where all civic language inevitably also reflects "culture".
Acknowledgements viiPreface viiiNotes on the Contributors xiPolitical Responses to Cultural Conflict: Reflections on the Ambiguities of the Civic Turn Per Mouritsen 1Symbolic Power and Cultural Differences: A Power Model of Political Solutions to Cultural Differences Klaus Eder 31Making Citizens: On the Genealogy of Citizenship Ceremonies Tine Damsholt 53The Politics of Discourse towards Islam and Muslim Communities in Europe Ricard Zapata-Barrero Islam Qasem 73Constitutional or Agonistic Patriotism? The Dilemmas of Liberal Nation-States Ephraim Nimni 94Transnational Europe Jan Ifversen 117Constitutional Patriotism: Canada and the European Union John Erik Fossum 138Beyond Community and Rights: European Citizenship and the Virtues of Participation Richard Bellamy Dario Castiglione 162Constitutional Patriotism or Neo-republican Citizenship: A Way Forward for the EU? John Maynor 187World Conflict over Religion: Secularism as a Flawed Solution Ole Woever 208Nomadism and the Ghetto Bulent Diken Carsten Bagge Laustsen 236Index 253
