This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Yusuf, S. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Contending Nationalisms in a Transnational Era

The Case of Ethiopianist and Oromo Nationalisms

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, semirysf{at}yahoo.com

Embarking on an outlook pertinent to the state of social fields in a global era, this article demonstrates the validity of the insight that rejects any strict bifurcation between localizing and globalizing tendencies in the maintenance of social life-worlds. By employing an appropriate term for the `transgressive' nature of nationalistic imaginations and actions, `transnationalism', it delves into qualitatively, but briefly analyzing the current status and futurity of, and the nature of the relationship that exists between, Ethiopianist and Oromo (a specific brand) nationalisms. The result is that neither of the two nationalisms seems to vanish amid the `network society' of the new global era, nor, by implication, is the contention between them likely to recede (until and unless they undergo significant, internal qualitative transformations).

Key Words: Ethiopianist nationalism • glocalization • nation • Oromo nationalism • transnationalism

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 44, No. 3, 299-318 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0021909609102900


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?