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Tribe, Nation, World: Self-Identification in the Evolving International System1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2012

Thomas M. Franck
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Abstract

The end of the Cold War and the growth of economic, political, and informational globalization are challenging our traditional definitions of self. Franck displays the complexity and growing subjectiveness of identity by providing a detailed lexicon of identity, including definitions of nation, state, tribe, and ethnicity. He argues that recent appeals to nationalism based on a common sociocultural, geographic, and linguistic heritage should be seen as reactions against the broadening communities of trade, information, and power. However, Franck asserts that anomie and xenophobia can be countered by giving substatal ethnicities, minorities, and political parties a voice and a vote in international forums.

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Ethics & International Affairs , Volume 11 , March 1997, pp. 151 - 169
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Copyright © Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 1997

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