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An online panel discussion on ‘mechanisms of national solidarity’

February 6, 2025 19:30 pm – 21:00 (Israel time)

Join us for a panel discussion on the recent themed section in Nations and Nationalism on ‘mechanisms of national solidarity’ with Danny Kaplan, Siniša Malešević, Lea David, Daniel Lainer-Vos, Jon Fox, and Hizky Shoham on 6th February live on Facebook and YouTube – members will receive an invitation to join the Zoom call.

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The themed section on ‘Mechanisms of National Solidarity’ explores key questions and challenges related to studying national solidarity as distinct from national identity. Focusing on the ‘how’ rather than the ‘what’, this section highlights the importance of examining and theorising the social mechanisms that shape different manifestations of national solidarity. These mechanisms include interpersonal interactions, social networks, communicative processes, socio-political institutions and iconic material objects. Additionally, the introduction briefly outlines the six contributions in this section, which examines specific solidarity mechanisms within particular national contexts. The contributions offer valuable insights into the study of nationhood and nationalism in both everyday life and public events, helping to unravel the under-explored relationship between collective identity formation and the creation of solidarity.

The articles are:
Introduction – Danny Kaplan
Clubs and events: Two models of performance in studies of sport and national solidarity – Danny Kaplan
Between deep comradeship and nationalism: The social dynamics of solidarity on the battlefield – Siniša Malešević
The victims’ shoes trope and emerging solidarity in political protest – Lea David
Orchestrating National Occasions: The formation of the Irish American athletic league in New York City (1904–1920) – Dan Lainer-Vos
Clapping the nation, or, from a global pandemic to national imaginaries via local solidarities – Jon Fox
Performing national practices of solidarity-through-sameness – Hizky Shoham

 

For more details on the event:  https://asen.ac.uk/event/solidarity/

This publication is the culmination of the international working group on theorizing national solidarity, initiated by the Bar Ilan Center for Cultural Sociology.

The group explored mechanisms, models and paradoxes of national solidarity related to the following research areas:

Trust and politics of friendship; group interactions and sociability; civic associations & state institutions; liberal nationalism and the social contract; the civil sphere and civility; everyday nationalism; performances, rituals & media events; trauma and victimhood discourse.

We brought together a group of leading scholars working on solidarity and nationhood from diverse perspectives. Participants included:

Gal Ariely, Avi Bareli, Avner Ben-Amos, Rajeev Bhargava, Bart Bonikowski, Craig Calhoun, Julia Elad-Strenger, Yuval Feinstein, Jon Fox, Gina Gustavsson, Mervyn Horgan, Danny Kaplan, Nir Kedar, Thomas Kessler, Dan Lainer-Vos, Patti Lenard, Siniša Malešević, Motti Neiger, Hizky Shoham, Michael Skey, Ilana Silber, Prerna Singh, Yuli Tamir, Brad West.

The workshop was funded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, The Azrieli Center for Israel Studies at The Ben-Gurion Research Institute and the Schnitzer Foundation at Bar Ilan University.

 

The group convened for a two-day workshop held in Sde Boker on May 23-24, 2022.

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