TY - BOOK ID - 46205813 TI - Nationalism and Nationhood in the United Arab Emirates PY - 2019 SN - 331991653X 3319916521 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, DB - UniCat KW - Middle East-Politics and governm. KW - Regionalism. KW - Religion and politics. KW - Globalization. KW - Political economy. KW - Middle Eastern Politics. KW - Politics and Religion. KW - International Political Economy. KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Social sciences KW - Economic man KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Political science KW - Politics, Practical KW - Politics and religion KW - Religion KW - Religions KW - Human geography KW - Nationalism KW - Interregionalism KW - Religious aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Middle East—Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46205813 AB - This book shows how an encounter with everyday nationhood in the northern United Arab Emirates can make us revisit the classics of sociology as continuous analytical world-views. Through the textual universe of Georg Simmel, and in particular his analysis of modern life as the feeling of dualism, the project reflects about how seemingly crucial challenges to the national – the forces of globalization and the wish to be unique – are drawn together with the formation of nationhood in everyday life. It does so not least by attending to the instances of everyday nationhood – like fashion and car-driving – that are at the same time central ways of embodying the modern. This volume appeals to students of nationalism, classical sociology, and the modern Arab Gulf. Martin Ledstrup is Researcher in the Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. ER -