| ID | 092882 |
| Title Proper | Taming eastern nationalism |
| Other Title Information | tracing the ideational background of double standards of post-cold war minority protection |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jutila , Matti |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article uses the logic of explanatory emancipation to criticize post-Cold War minority politics. The main argument is that the ideational background of the double standards of minority protection originates from a contested dichotomy of nationalism that divides nationalisms into Eastern ethnic/malignant nationalism and Western civic/benign nationalism. After presenting the theoretical tradition of the 'Kohn dichotomy', the article traces its use in post-Cold War academic and official policy papers. Through intertextual analysis, this article shows how the old theoretical tradition was recycled into a new context to dispel post-Cold War confusion. This article presents a Critical Realist view on how ideas and theories can be treated as parts of the causal analysis of social practices. With explicitly causal language, identifying possible forms for emancipatory action is easier than with constitutive analyses. |
| `In' analytical Note | European Journal of International Relations Vol. 15, No. 4; Dec 2009: p627-651 |
| Journal Source | European Journal of International Relations Vol. 15, No. 4; Dec 2009: p627-651 |
| Key Words | Critical Realism ; Emancipation ; Kohn Dichotomy ; Minority Rights ; Nationalism |