some notes on ethnonationalism
1. I use ethnonationalism instead of “tribe” to mark a set of power relations and practices.
1. I use ethnonationalism instead of “tribe” to mark a set of power relations and practices.
2. Attachment of identity to place, and the idea that being rooted in place is what provides and affirms identity.
#Ethnonationalism
#Ethnonationalism
3. Idea of “home” as a threatened space that must
be defended. This idea has transformed rural spaces into militarized spaces, where young people can be easily recruited to defend home.
#Ethnonationalism
be defended. This idea has transformed rural spaces into militarized spaces, where young people can be easily recruited to defend home.
#Ethnonationalism
3.a. This idea of a place that must be defended is scaled from home to region to nation
3.b. Two key figures threaten home: the stranger and the terrorist, and these two are frequently conflated
4. Alliance between traditional male elders and young men, with the elders providing moral and cultural authority to the young men. Validating militarism and the need to “defend” the home.
#Ethnonationalism
#Ethnonationalism
5. Intensified focus on policing women and demanding reproduction: the highest duty is to ensure the ethnonation continues. This has implications for the roles women are allowed to
assume and pursue.
#Ethnonationalism
assume and pursue.
#Ethnonationalism
6. Alliance between traditional elders and religions: the church and the mosque meet the
mountain and the river.
#Ethnonationalism
mountain and the river.
#Ethnonationalism
7. Policing of gender and sexuality. Lots of
restrictions on what girls and women should wear, how they should comport themselves, what counts as proper sexuality for girls and boys, women and men, non-binary and trans* people.
#Ethnonationalism
restrictions on what girls and women should wear, how they should comport themselves, what counts as proper sexuality for girls and boys, women and men, non-binary and trans* people.
#Ethnonationalism
8. Ethnonationalism works at the scale of region and ethnicity, stitching together identity to place.
#Ethnonationalism
#Ethnonationalism
And, relatedly
Misogyny and homophobia work acrossregion and ethnicity, creating alliances between people and groups who otherwise disagree.
#Ethnonationalism
Misogyny and homophobia work acrossregion and ethnicity, creating alliances between people and groups who otherwise disagree.
#Ethnonationalism
All of this I've assembled from simply paying attention to the newspaper, to popular culture, to parliament debates, to laws, to social media, to traditional media.
I could write a book, but why bother when I can simply tweet it?
I could write a book, but why bother when I can simply tweet it?
Sure, there are more elements to #ethnonationalism—these are simply the ones I've noticed, which means the ones I've paid attention to.
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