Nationalism

Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in the Maghrib

This edited book started as an idea in the late 1990s and was published in 2000 by Palgrave. “Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in the Maghrib: History, Culture, and Politics”, edited by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida is a read for a niche audience. The chapters cover historical narratives, memory, identity, literature, and politics. As many edited books, […]

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Colonial Effects

Colonial Effects

Emerging out of a PhD study, Joseph A. Massad published “Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan” (2001). This is a fascinating book, which should be more widely read. Although it focuses on Jordan, there are insights for research on nationality, nationalism, colonialism, decolonization, and identity, in additional to Middle Eastern studies. Some […]

Tags: #Colonialism #Identity #Jordan #Nationalism #Nationality

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The Collapse of Globalism

The Collapse of Globalism

For decades, globalization was promoted as a process to increase global prosperity. In 2005, John Ralston Saul published “The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World” to make the case that globalism was on the decline. Many have praised the book as seeing well beyond its time, particularly as the financial crises followed […]

Tags: #Globalism #Globalization #John Ralston Saul #Nationalism #Negative Nationalism

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About me

Logan Cochrane

Logan is a Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last twenty years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.

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