Rescuing national unity with imagination
The case of Tabarnia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6306181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roberto Baldoli (0000-0002-3129-1547, Department of Political Science University College London London UK, corresponding author), Elisabetta Mocca (0000-0002-4784-0600, Department of Sociology University of Vienna Wien Austria) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1063-1079 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nations and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nana.12712 |
| OpenAlex | W3123233340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article analyses the drivers and developments of the recent rise of a fictional region: Tabarnia in Spain. This platform proposes the creation of a new autonomous region to oppose the project of secession of the independentist Catalan movement. Given the dearth of academic research, our article documents and explores the case of Tabarnia. We draw on a multimethod approach, entailing a thematic analysis and process‐tracing, to reconstruct the trajectory of this platform and to uncover its drivers, goals and strategies. By building on this evidence base, this article construes Tabarnia as an instance of imaginary regionalism created ex nihilo in the noosphere. As such, Tabarnia represents an a‐topia substantiated through a digital region‐building process heavily relying on the use of humour
Art · Catalan · Epistemology · Humanities · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Psychoanalysis · Regionalism (politics · Secession · Sociology · The Imaginary · Computer Science · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Philosophy · Political Systems and Governance · Psychology · Scottish History and National Identity
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Banal Catalanism
Against the Thesis of the “Civic Nation”
The Independence Case in Comparative Perspective
Imagined communities
Bringing Secessionism into the Mainstream
Stateless Nation‐Building
Landscapes as a symbol of nationhood
Limits to territorial nationalization in election support for an independence-aimed regional nationalism in Catalonia
The unmaking and remaking of an ethnic boundary. Working-class Castilian speakers in Catalonia and the paradoxes of the independence movement
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Catalan Nationalism
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |