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It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. The power of belonging stems from the potential to generate an emotional attachment capable of fostering a shared identity, loyalty and solidarity among members of a given community. It is this strong emotional dimension that enables belonging to act as a trigger for political mobilization and, in extreme cases, to underpin collective violence. Among the topics examined in this book are identity as a political instrument; emotions and political mobilization; the return of authoritarianism and the rise of the new radical right; symbols and the rituals of belonging; loyalty, the nation and nationalism. It includes case studies from Britain, Spain, Catalonia, Germany, the Middle East and the United States. This wide-ranging and cutting-edge book will be of great interest to students and scholars in politics, sociology and the social sciences generally.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Belonging - Solidarity and Division in Modern Societies
• Author: Montserrat Guibernau
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780745655079
• ISBN: 0745655076
• ID: 02364326
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Weight: 364 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 154 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. July 2013

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