Tom Nairn (1932 - 2023) was a political theorist and an advocate of Scottish Independence. He was Professor of Nationalism and Cultural Diversity at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, and authored the books After Britain, Pariah and Global Matrix.

Paul James is Director of the Globalism Institute and Professor of Globalism and Cultural Diversity at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has written and edited several books including Global Matrix (Pluto, 2005).

Preface: In Search of a Name                                vii
1. Introd ction: Mapping Nationalism and Globalism          1
PART I: RETHINKING GLOBALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
2. Globa Enchantment: A Matrix of Ideologies               19
. Global Trajectories: America and the Unchosen           30
. Global Tensions: A Clash of Social Formations           57
PART II: DEBATING CIVIC AND POST-NATIONALISM
5. Fetish zed Nationalism? by Joan Cocks                   73
6. Ambiguous Nationalism: A Reply to Joan Cocks            89
. Dark Nationalism or Transparent Postnationalism?        104
PART III: REFLECTING ON OLD AND NEW NATIONS
8. Ukanii: The Rise of the 'Annual Report' Society        125
9. Australia: Anti-Politics for a Passive Federation      143
10. Late Britain: Disorientations from Down Under          159
11. North America: The Misfortunes and 'Death' of Ethnicity  175
12. Central Asia: Continuities and Discontinuities         190
PART IV: CONFRONTING TERROR AND VIOLENCE
13. Democracy and the Shadow of Genocide                   205
14. Natioralism and the Crucible of Modem Totalitarianism  213
15. Control and the Projection of a Totalizing War-Machine  221
16. Terrorism and the Opening of Black Pluto's Door        229
17. Meta-War and the Insecurity of the United States       236
18. Post-2901 and the Third Coming of Nationalism          248
Notes                                                      262
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