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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Chaim Gans
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Tel-Aviv University
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Cultural nationalism is a nationalism according to which members of groups sharing a common history and societal culture have a fundamental, morally significant interest in adhering to their culture and in sustaining it for generations. In the name of the thesis that members of national groups have such interests, nationalist movements often voice specific practical demands in both the public and private spheres. Their main demand is for national self-determination. However, national groups also make claims with regard to territories with which they are historically linked. They demand that their members be granted priority in immigrating to their homelands. They further make claims concerning the special responsibilities that exist among their members, and assert the superiority of particularistic national ways of life compared to other lifestyles such as cosmopolitanism. The purpose of this book is to examine these theses and claims. I shall first examine the possibility of providing a liberal justification for the abstract tenet of cultural nationalism, namely, that members of national groups have an interest in adhering to their culture and preserving it for generations. After discussing this theoretical thesis, I shall move on to examine the more practical demands of cultural nationalism, namely, those relating to national self-determination, historical rights, priority in immigration and the like. It is a well-known fact that cultural nationalism has enjoyed a revival in many parts of the world in the last fifteen years.

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Print publication year: 2003

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  • Introduction
  • Chaim Gans, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Limits of Nationalism
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490231.001
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  • Introduction
  • Chaim Gans, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Limits of Nationalism
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490231.001
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  • Introduction
  • Chaim Gans, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Limits of Nationalism
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490231.001
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