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Collective claims about identity frequently involve conceptions or
assertions of justice, and rely on combatting present, or memorializing
past, injustice. This is particularly the case with national identities,
which historically, have been forged and maintained through the assertion
of rights, whether legal or customary, that invoke the language of justice.
In the early modern Anglo-American world, for example, the perceived scope
of the common law had profound implications for the meaning of English and
American identities. The conceptions of the nation promoted through the
language of justice and injustice during the French Revolution, and indeed
the formalization of national law in the Code Napoleon, had profound
implications for the formation of French national identity in the
nineteenth century. National minorities within established nation-states,
and national separatist movements in their struggles for self-determination
the world over, have mobilized their populations using the rallying cry of
historic injustice at the hands of imperialistic states and/or national
elites. The search for justice, as defined through the prism of
nationalism, has been a powerful inducement to the formation and
maintenance of many distinctive national identities.
A special issue of National Identities -- the international,
interdisciplinary journal devoted to exploring the formation and expression
of national identity from antiquity to the present -- will be published in
the fall of 2000 on the topic of national identity and justice. For this
special issue, we seek articles that explore the connection between claims
of national identity and questions of justice and/or injustice. Articles
may tackle any aspect of politics and culture that reflect this connection,
in any geographic area or time period, and using any methodological
approach. Comparative perspectives are encouraged. Commensurate with the
general focus of the journal, articles should focus primarily on identity
rather than the contingent political forms that may express it.
Deadline for submission to this special issue is Nov. 1, 1999.
Articles should be no longer than 8,000 words, prefaced by a 100 word
abstract, and use British grammar and spellings. Please submit two hard
copies and, if a word-processor is used, a disk labelled with the name of
the author, title of article, and the type of softward used. All articles
will be reviewed by specialist referees. A complete styleguide for the
journal is available (by regular mail) on request, alternatively,
prospective contributors can consult the journal's Home Page, at:
http://www.carfax.co.uk/nid-ad.htm
Please send submissions for the special issue (only) to the Stephen Heathort at the addresss listed below.
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