Stop the clock! Taking the nation out of linear time and bounded space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4356225 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Sutherland (0000-0002-9609-0949, Professor of Politics and Head of Teaching Excellence, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 727-749 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0961463x19873792 |
| OpenAlex | W2974134422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article focuses on the importance of linear time and bounded space to the nation, which must have a past, present and future in a way that occludes other ways of grasping time. It offers a critique of national chronological time and advances an alternative approach to national belonging based on a politics of longing. The article argues that rather than start with the nation-state as a category of analysis, as is the case with methodological nationalism, approaching a sense of belonging to the nation as part of a broader politics of longing offers a more open starting point for exploring the nation's many manifestations. The politics of longing posits that the nation is but one among many, and by no means a necessary, frame of reference for individuals' sense of belonging. It encompasses both restorative and reflective nostalgia as possible means of connecting individual narratives of belonging with ancestors and (national) heritage. The advantage of an approach derived from the politics of longing over methodological nationalism - which is understood as taking the nation-state for granted - is that it allows for knitting together narratives of home and belonging in many different ways, both within and outwith the national frame
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Frame (networking · Narrative · Nation state · National identity · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |