Milletler ve Milliyetçilik

When compared to human history, it can be seen that concepts such as "homeland", "flag", "national unity and solidarity" have a very short history of approximately two centuries. In the geography we live in, they have a much shorter history. These concepts, for which millions of people died and were exiled, continue their existence by "excluding" other people: They cannot do without enemies, otherwise they will create them... The postponed "national" problems in the Caucasus and the Balkans become neighbors, and the never-ending "ethnic" and "religious" chaos such as the Middle East. While we are living in the middle of Europe and being subjected to "racist" attacks, which are the illegitimate fuel of the nationalism that has emerged in Europe, it is obvious that restrictive rhetoric such as "the 21st century will be the Turkish century", which is the product of the same "nationalist" logic, has nothing to do with "peace". The logic of "imposing oneself on the outside by turning inward" means sowing new "seeds of violence" by producing cheap heroic literature, rather than making an effort to enrich human culture in our age when people are now "very close" to each other. ...Famous historian EJ Hobsbawm examines the adventure of "nation and nationalism" in depth in this book. Drawing striking conclusions from the murky waters of the last two centuries of history, he determines that nationalism is a trend that lags far behind people's enriching search for identity and has "no future". In the foreword he wrote for me in Turkish, he draws attention to the dangers of Russian, Serbian and Turkish nationalism.



Number of Pages: 224

Year of Printing: 1995


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Details Publications

Number of Pages: 224

First Printing Year: 1995

Language Turkish