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This article reviews three recent books on nationalism, each focusing on a different aspect of this multifaceted phenomenon. Mylonas and Radnitz's volume explores the relationships between nationalism and the politics of treason, Hadžidedic's book zooms in on the historical interdependence of capitalism and nationalism, while Maxwell's historical monograph explores nationalist habitus as a form of lived experience. These three insightful contributions show the diversity and plasticity of nationalist ideology and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The book "Migration and nationalism: theoretical and empirical perspectives" edited by Michael Samers and Jens Rydregen explores the consequences of nationalism for migrants in the twenty-first century. The editors reject clear distinctions between ethnic nationalism and far-right populism, while also highlighting affinities between nationalism and neoliberalism. The book includes theoretical contributions that support the idea that nationalism and neoliberalism are interconnected, as well as empirical case studies from across Eurasia that provide diverse perspectives on the relationship between nationalism and migration policies. Overall, the book offers valuable insights into the study of new nationalism and migration. [Extracted from the article]

"Dynasty Divided: A Family History of Russian and Ukrainian Nationalism" by Fabian Baumann is a groundbreaking book that explores the intertwined history of Russia and Ukraine during the 19th century. Baumann focuses on the Shul'gin-Shul'hyn family, a prominent intellectual family in Kyiv, to illustrate the inner workings of Russian and Ukrainian nationalism in the region. The book also delves into the complex personal relationships within the family and how they intersected with political ideologies. Baumann's research sheds light on the role of family, gender, and domesticity in the development of nationalism in the region. Despite some debatable points, this well-written and dramatic book is a valuable resource for historians and anyone interested in the history of Russian-ruled Ukraine and nationalism in Eastern Europe. [Extracted from the article]

This book review discusses "Music and the making of Portugal and Spain: nationalism and identity politics in the Iberian Peninsula," edited by Matthew Machin-Autenrieth, Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, and Samuel Llano. The review highlights the book's focus on the intersection of culture, music, society, politics, and technology in Portugal and Spain since the late 1800s. It explores how music has been used to reinforce national sentiment and promote nationalist agendas, as well as the role of technology and mass media in shaping cultural and political identities. The review emphasizes the importance of this volume in challenging traditional perceptions of Iberian music and restoring its significance in music scholarship. [Extracted from the article]

Amrita Basu and Tanika Sarkar (Eds.), Women, Gender and Religious Nationalism. Cambridge University Press, 2022, 360 pages (Hardbound). ISBN 978-1009123143. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article traces the history of modern scholarship on Old Norse eddic poetry through a particular case study: the question of the provenance of two poems, Atlakviða and Atlamál , whose given titles in the Codex Regius manuscript appear to indicate that they were composed in Greenland. As the article shows, theories of the poems' origin are closely intertwined with developing paradigms of European nationalism from the early nineteenth century onward, showing a tendency to pull the poems away from the periphery and toward a mythic national center. From Finnur Magnússon to Rudolf Keyser, P. A. Munch and Jan de Vries, a series of philologists and historians divulge an often contradictory set of interests, investments, and prejudices. The theories they present reveal recurrent underlying notions of identity and difference, inclusion and exclusion, center and periphery, history and prehistory, and colonialism and indigeneity. Finally, a recent study of Norse Greenland shows the form in which these attitudes have survived into the twenty-first century. These nationalist paradigms, the article shows, are inevitably dissolved by the scholars' own attitudes, yet continually reassert themselves in ever more reactionary forms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Krista A. Goff's book, "Nested Nationalism: Making and Unmaking Nations in the Soviet Caucasus," focuses on the experiences of non-titular nationalities in the Soviet Union, specifically in Azerbaijan. The book examines both top-down minority governance and individual identifications throughout the Soviet period, with a particular emphasis on the decades after Stalin. Goff argues that while non-titular nationalities saw themselves as victims of Russian dominance, republican elites often pressured minorities within their own territory to assimilate into the titular culture, which could strengthen demands for minority rights. The book provides a detailed account of the evolution of national minority categories, the impact of World War II, the development of Azeri national identity, the pressures faced by the Talyshes to identify as Azerbaijani, and minority activism in the 1960s. It also discusses the legacy of Soviet nationality policy in contemporary Azerbaijan and the ongoing struggles of minority communities. Overall, the book offers a nuanced understanding of the experiences of non-Russian nationalities in the Soviet Caucasus. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses Geneviève Zubrzycki's book, "Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland's Jewish Revival," which explores the unexpected engagement of non-Jewish Poles in Jewish culture and heritage. Zubrzycki examines various cultural and artistic performances, museum exhibitions, and commemorative practices to understand the motivations behind this interest. She argues that this "Jewish turn" serves as a symbol for cultivating a civic nationalism and secular identity in Poland, challenging the assumption that Polishness is synonymous with Catholicism. However, the article acknowledges that the current political climate in Poland, with its focus on historical revisionism and Holocaust distortion, poses a risk to this vision of a pluralistic national identity. [Extracted from the article]

Review of: Legacies of the Portuguese Colonial Empire: Nationalism, Citizenship and Popular Culture, Elsa Peralta and Nuno Domingos (eds) (2023) London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 288 pp., ISBN 978-1-35028-977-2, h/bk, £85 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stefano Bianchini's comprehensive work Liquid Nationalism focuses on the frequent redrawing of state borders, especially in Eastern Europe, the fluidity of the contours of nations, and the vagaries and idiosyncratic nature of political changes in the European continent from the 19th to the 21st centuries. The title of this work takes its inspiration from Zygmunt Bauman's famous work, Liquid Modernity (2000). Bauman's work, which was published in 2000 in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and also Yugoslavia that resulted in the Balkan wars of the 1990s, first posits the obvious – that fluids cannot hold their shape as solids do because the structural arrangements of solids, unlike liquids, bind their atoms together. Bauman characterizes solidity as having hardened contours and belonging to a pre-modernity with its unchanging or slowly changing social, political, and economic mores. Modernity, on the other hand, is likened to liquids in that, like time, there is a fluidity and a fast-moving quality associated with it brought about by the European Enlightenment and the development of democracy and capitalism. As he states, "When describing solids, one may ignore time altogether; in describing fluids, to leave time out of account would be a grievous mistake. Descriptions of fluids are all snapshots, and they need a date at the bottom of the picture" (2). The lightness of touch, the quickness of response to changing times that liquid modernity promised, he points out, has resulted in postmodernity or late capitalism as "deregulation, liberalization, 'flexibilization', increased fluidity, unbridling the financial, real estate and labor markets, easing the tax burden, etc." (5). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Liquid Nationalism and State Partitions in Europe is Stefano Bianchini's magnum opus , reflecting a lifetime of working on the issues of ethno-nationalism in Europe, from Southeast Europe through Central Europe and the former Soviet space to all of western Europe. It is more than a book; it is an entire seminar, ranging not only geographically but also historically, from the Enlightenment to the second decade of the 21st century. Simply a list of the gems I learned would usurp all the space I have been given for this essay and much more. I choose to focus on one small part, what I take to be the primary motivation behind this book, namely his anguish over the lessons for western Europe "not learned from the dismemberment of Yugoslavia" (the title of Chapter 10), a case he knows so well. That chapter then begins with a quotation from another specialist on Yugoslavia, Jacques Rupnik, in Le Monde in 2014, "the greatest obstacle to the Europeanization of the Balkans is the Balkanization of Europe" (185). Nor are Bianchini and Rupnik alone in this concern. Already in 2012, Ivan Krastev convened two parallel seminars at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna on what he called, "The Logics of Disintegration" – of the Soviet case (Part I) and the Habsburg and Yugoslav cases (Part II) and their lessons for the European Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]