Identity Hunters
Written by: Nicolò Vertecchi & Rebecca Visser/Edited by: Manfredi Pozzoli When exploring Warsaw’s historic district while on a recent trip in Central Europe with friends, we were impressed to discover that the Old Town was not so old after all. After 90% of it was destroyed by the Nazis in the brutal retribution for the […]
Written by: Manfredi Pozzoli/Edited by: Ewa Bialoglowska The ideas of Julius Evola (1898-1974) have, in recent years, received an increasing level of media attention. After Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former chief campaign strategist, made a passing reference to the Traditionalist philosopher at a conference in 2014, the links between Evola and contemporary extreme right-wing movements […]
Written by: Paula Rabiega & Adriana Ibale Barajas/Edited by: Manfredi Pozzoli Introduction The intricacy of Hong Kong’s autonomy is a prevalent matter of discussion. China’s behaviour towards Hong Kong has been one of enforcing the homogeneity of the state’s identity on the region and hence, a product of nationalism. This article will cover how in […]
Written by: Jake Dickson/Edited by: Ewa Bialoglowska Jake is a third year War Studies and History student, from London. His academic interests are American social and cultural history, the development of European nationalisms in the long 19th century, and the interrelationship between culture, politics and sport. The Basques are one of Europe’s most distinct stateless […]
Written anonymously/Edited by: Manfredi Pozzoli In her essay On Violence (1970) Hannah Arendt argues that violence and power are opposed to each other. Why Hannah Arendt should appear in a discussion about nationalism and Medea may not seem to be self-evident. Nationalism is only narrowly mentioned in Arendt’s treatise, which rather focuses on revolution. Nevertheless, […]
Written by: Lila Ovington/Edited by: Ewa Bialoglowska Lila is a third year BA International Relations student interested in theories of settler colonialism, cultural genocide and First Nations identities. The indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand have fought for self-determination ever since the first substantial wave of European settlers arrived in the early 19th century. Compared […]
Written by: Beatrice Catena & Victor Uwe S. Wascher On a trip to Iceland in January, we met an Icelander who told us all about the existence of elves. Yes, elves. You may think that only a madman could speak of elves so passionately, but his rhetoric had substance. One of the first things he […]
Written by: Andrea Telò Andrea Telò is a Third Year History and International Relations student at King’s College London. His main academic interests include the History of Political ideas from Machiavelli to Mazzini, the theories of European integration and the role of the EU on the international scene and, among others the Political and Military […]
Written by: Sanjna Menon As arguably the most infamous right wing nationalist leader of the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler is widely criticized. Particularly interesting is his rejection of civic nationalism in favour of ethnic nationalism. So what was Hitler’s notion of the nation? Put simply: it’s racist. Rather than the idea of a nation being […]
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