CISMOR Seminar

CISMOR seminar (no.3/ 2024)

Nationalism and War: The Long-Term Perspective

Date: 2024/10/01 17:45-19:45
Place: SK Conference Hall (1F), Shikokan, Karasuma Campus , Doshisha University
and online (Zoom)
Speaker:
  • Prof. Wimmer, Andreas(Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy, Columbia University)
Summary:
Nationalism demands that states be ruled by representatives of the
nation, rather than by a dynasty in the name of an imperial
civilization. Over the past 250 years, nationalism has radically
transformed the political world, generating many of the wars between and within states during this period.
This talk highlights the mechanisms and pathways through which the
global spread of nationalism has led to wars, as well as the
recurring patterns that emerge across different times and contexts.
It also includes two short excursus aimed at understanding the
Ukraine war and the Gaza conflict from a global comparative and long-term historical perspective.