Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 3
4. Citizenship versus Liberalism
5. Liberalism, Nationalism, Citizenship: Three Models of Political Community 21
6. The Fetish of Individuality: Richard Flathman’s Willfully Liberal Politics 39
7. Civic Resources in a Liberal Society: “Thick” and “Thin” Versions of Liberalism 52
8. From Community to Citizenship: The Quest for a Post-Liberal Public Philosophy 65
9. Is There Such a Thing As a Communitarian Political Philosophy? 83
10. Citizenship versus Nationalism
11. Nationalism’s Challenge to Political Philosophy 103
12. Refl ections of a Diaspora Jew in Israel 125
13. Hannah Arendt As a Critic of Nationalism 129
14. National Self-Determination: Some Cautionary Remarks on the Rhetoric of Rights 147
15. Citizenship and Nationalism: Is Canada a “Real Country”? 166
16. 1989: Nationalism, Internationalism, and the Nairn-Hobsbawm Debate 180
17. Civicism between Nationalism and Globalism: Some Refl ections on the Prob lem of Political Community 194
18. Index 217