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Alienated Nationalism

* Akram Hawas, Sociology of Development Professor, Copenhagen University

Already with the start the great pulse of globalization process in Whereas the classic of post-cold war dichotomies vanished the
the start of the 1990s, it was obviously clear, that the process was dominant social rhetoric and political discourse constructed upon
dismantling the traditional and the classical post nation-state social a form of disparate mal-identified ego-centralism and xeno-
foundations. However, the economic nature of globalization neglect and demonization. The current ideal norms can hardly
seemed to be based upon forms of well-organized networks, represent any liable alternative social approach, rather than
perceptions like „fragmentation‟ and „one-word/divided-world‟ human history- and -evolution dismantled.
supposed such a de-homogenization of the socio-cultural and
socio-political structures on the world basis, with most decisive Simultaneously, new waves of migration, both across
consequences in the less modernized societies and traditional geographical borders (65 millions) and throughout the space in
communities. form of voluntary to Mars Colony 2013 (200,000 men/women
applied world over), can be seen as a serious delink with the
Over the last few decades new forms of social, cultural and societal- and Earth-correlations than seeking security and
political constellations raised the questions about the spirit of “American Dream”. Obviously because flying to Mars is one-
nationalism and challenged the classical methods of societal way and the routes to Europe and USA are proven to be
organization. Not only the geographical and political sovereignty extremely insecure and humiliating.
dimensions lost their central role and perceptional values, the
social and cultural convergence-bonded grounds could no longer Likewise, the re-ethnocentrism and neo-religionism ended by
convince the ontological anxiety in the mind of the individuals and the demise of the approach of coexistence, and rather led to the
social groups. reemergence of white-man supremacy and political populism
with severe consequences of violence and social conflicts both
Unlike the historical social movements and political within and over borders.
organizations and parties, the new forms of socio-cultural
constructions seemed to be associated with norms that in many In the less developed/modernized societies including the
ways go beyond the social, cultural and political establishments. Middle Eastern, the social association is undergoing a form of
In any form of -ism, like nationalism, the Dolby inspiration could UFOization process. That‟s to say that individuals as well as
be closer in terms of a clear mal-consistency between the physical social, cultural and political organizations developing high sense
form and the nature of performance. In other words, it seems that of alienation, whereas conflictual, distress and severe lack of
the common sense is no longer form the basis of social self-confidence and mistrust are some of many elements of de-
association, not because of lack of individual commitment, but homogeneous and fragile social and societal structures.
ironically because the perception of both common sense and
individual commitment are essentially changed at time no While changes running on in a very fast acceleration sense by
alternative form of common sense is proposed. This would leave the effect do technology of communications and others,
the individuals in no-man‟s land falling to recognize the producing a stable form of social approach seems to be a great
mainstream representation and societal associations. challenge. The degree of disparity in the modern societies is
eliminating the stability and coexisting bases ,while political
While human rights and welfare approaches are in severe populism is ahead to reestablish a new form of ethnic-and
decline, the projects of environmental groups, however seeking wealth-based supremacy. In the less modernized societies
rescuing the future of life on our planet, fail to tell apart from particularly the Middle Eastern, the need for a new social
those of associations like Me-Too, Neo-Feminism, Veganism and approach, could be a form of nationalism, faces severe
Anti-Speciesism. challenges posed both by internal hitch and globalized world
projects.

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