In China, the central government enjoys paramount authority in (re)writing national history, and its interpretation is promoted through various channels to shape people's national identity. Over the past two decades, the Chinese government has promoted a nationalistic history to promote a Han‐dominant Chinese identity. This nationalistic approach to Chinese history stands in contrast to China's multicultural society and the government's affirmation of multicultural aims as the core values and future goals of the nation. It was expected that the government would rethink and revise nationalistic history to recognize diverse groups and accommodate their needs in the Xi Jinping era. However, this paper shows that the current government continues to emphasize a version of national history that encourages a nationalistic sentiment and discourse. This approach to Chinese history risks strengthening xenophobic sentiments and behaviour in China, and could become coercive for Chinese people who hold different interpretations or expect a more comprehensive interpretation of national history. I argue that a critical multicultural approach can help develop a more inclusive and balanced national history and identity in China.
{"title":"Rethinking nationalistic history in China: Towards a multicultural Chinese identity","authors":"J. C. Lin","doi":"10.1111/sena.12395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12395","url":null,"abstract":"In China, the central government enjoys paramount authority in (re)writing national history, and its interpretation is promoted through various channels to shape people's national identity. Over the past two decades, the Chinese government has promoted a nationalistic history to promote a Han‐dominant Chinese identity. This nationalistic approach to Chinese history stands in contrast to China's multicultural society and the government's affirmation of multicultural aims as the core values and future goals of the nation. It was expected that the government would rethink and revise nationalistic history to recognize diverse groups and accommodate their needs in the Xi Jinping era. However, this paper shows that the current government continues to emphasize a version of national history that encourages a nationalistic sentiment and discourse. This approach to Chinese history risks strengthening xenophobic sentiments and behaviour in China, and could become coercive for Chinese people who hold different interpretations or expect a more comprehensive interpretation of national history. I argue that a critical multicultural approach can help develop a more inclusive and balanced national history and identity in China.","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83334974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taking document analysis as its method, this paper examines the Tibetans’ response to the Chinese state nationalism. Due to the fear of political secession, the Chinese government has stayed silent about the Tibetans’ right to self‐determination and subjected regional ethnic autonomy to the centralised political system. The Chinese authorities continue to dismiss the Tibetans’ nationalist struggles as an imported foreign design and warn the international community not to sympathise with the Dalai Lama and his supporters. Amidst an adverse national and international political environment, the Tibetans have managed to sustain their nationalist wishes and obtain substantive international attention. Taking this background into account, this paper explores how the Tibetans have succeeded to resist China's state nationalism and position themselves as a champion of inclusion, justice, and minority rights. It argues that the Tibetans recognise the Chinese government’s fear of secession and utilise that fear to forward their nationalist aspirations. The Tibetans shift their demand from independence to autonomy and highlight their own desire for recognition as a distinct community within the Chinese state. This strategy has helped them to claim that they are against the violations of autonomy but not against the Chinese state’s territorial norms.
{"title":"Tibet’s response to state nationalism: Utilising China’s fear of secession","authors":"Hari Har Jnawali","doi":"10.1111/sena.12391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12391","url":null,"abstract":"Taking document analysis as its method, this paper examines the Tibetans’ response to the Chinese state nationalism. Due to the fear of political secession, the Chinese government has stayed silent about the Tibetans’ right to self‐determination and subjected regional ethnic autonomy to the centralised political system. The Chinese authorities continue to dismiss the Tibetans’ nationalist struggles as an imported foreign design and warn the international community not to sympathise with the Dalai Lama and his supporters. Amidst an adverse national and international political environment, the Tibetans have managed to sustain their nationalist wishes and obtain substantive international attention. Taking this background into account, this paper explores how the Tibetans have succeeded to resist China's state nationalism and position themselves as a champion of inclusion, justice, and minority rights. It argues that the Tibetans recognise the Chinese government’s fear of secession and utilise that fear to forward their nationalist aspirations. The Tibetans shift their demand from independence to autonomy and highlight their own desire for recognition as a distinct community within the Chinese state. This strategy has helped them to claim that they are against the violations of autonomy but not against the Chinese state’s territorial norms.","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"2008 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78657600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The concept of the Hausa nation from an ethnolinguistic perspective","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/sena.12383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12383","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75484475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public perspectives on curriculum reform for truth and reconciliation in Canada","authors":"T. Wotherspoon, E. Milne","doi":"10.1111/sena.12385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12385","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90498362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Federalism and development in Nigeria","authors":"Jeremiah O. Arowosegbe","doi":"10.1111/sena.12386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12386","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90027008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A neglected history: The political figure of the Colombian migrant in Venezuela","authors":"Giuseppe De Corso","doi":"10.1111/sena.12382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12382","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91085918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are Catholics a nation? The problem of defining nationalism","authors":"Asier H. Aguirresarobe","doi":"10.1111/sena.12381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12381","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80063912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The political and cultural inclusion of intra‐state ethnic minorities in Ethiopia: The case of the Qimant of Amhara state","authors":"Z. Ayele, S. Addisu","doi":"10.1111/sena.12380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12380","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"32 10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82760114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The legitimation of Askar Akaev through cultural performance in Kyrgyzstan (1991–2005)","authors":"Arzuu Sheranova","doi":"10.1111/sena.12379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12379","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"11 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78331636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In today's seemingly ever‐globalizing societies, nationalism remains a potent force, most recently illustrated by national governments' responses to the COVID‐19 crisis. Even though nationalism and its manifestations are deeply entrenched within societies, the term ‘nationalism' itself continues to carry negative connotations, and the dichotomy between ‘good patriots' vs ‘bad nationalists' appears to be widely accepted in everyday life and the scholarly literature. Likewise, the association of ‘good' (meaning ‘civic' nationalism) with Western and ‘bad' (for which read ‘ethnic') nationalism with Eastern forms of nationalism remains prevalent. In this special issue, we critique these Eurocentric approaches to nationalism, highlighting two aspects of nationalism that are often overlooked: 1) nationalism takes many forms, and rather than viewing it as ‘good' or ‘bad, it should be understood as a spectrum spreading across the Global North and South;2) there is an emancipatory and creative potential within nationalism for marginalized and colonized peoples that has been illustrated through cases from the Global South. This potential – represented by the ‘nationalisms of nations without states' – forms the central concern of this special issue. Our selection of cases from both the Global North and South reflects our own approach to nationalism.
{"title":"‘Emancipatory nationalisms’? The nationalisms of nations without states","authors":"Idreas Khandy, Ceren Şengül","doi":"10.1111/sena.12378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12378","url":null,"abstract":"In today's seemingly ever‐globalizing societies, nationalism remains a potent force, most recently illustrated by national governments' responses to the COVID‐19 crisis. Even though nationalism and its manifestations are deeply entrenched within societies, the term ‘nationalism' itself continues to carry negative connotations, and the dichotomy between ‘good patriots' vs ‘bad nationalists' appears to be widely accepted in everyday life and the scholarly literature. Likewise, the association of ‘good' (meaning ‘civic' nationalism) with Western and ‘bad' (for which read ‘ethnic') nationalism with Eastern forms of nationalism remains prevalent. In this special issue, we critique these Eurocentric approaches to nationalism, highlighting two aspects of nationalism that are often overlooked: 1) nationalism takes many forms, and rather than viewing it as ‘good' or ‘bad, it should be understood as a spectrum spreading across the Global North and South;2) there is an emancipatory and creative potential within nationalism for marginalized and colonized peoples that has been illustrated through cases from the Global South. This potential – represented by the ‘nationalisms of nations without states' – forms the central concern of this special issue. Our selection of cases from both the Global North and South reflects our own approach to nationalism.","PeriodicalId":45020,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90294822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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