Overview
- Editors:
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Mitja Sardoc
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Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Concise and authoritative papers by leading scholars in this area of scholarly research
- Comprehensive presentation of issues, themes and concepts associated with patriotism
- A non-partisan examination of arguments for and against patriotism
- Interdisciplinary approach to some of the persisting challenges and problems
- An invaluable resource for students, academics and researchers
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Table of contents (53 entries)
About this book
The Handbook of Patriotism brings together more than 50 chapters by some of the leading authors on the main themes and concepts associated with this area of scholarly research. Each chapter provides a comprehensive coverage of a particular aspect of this complex (and controversial) social phenomenon. This handbook is intended to provide a clear and authoritative exposition of key contemporary conceptions of patriotism, to discuss the justification and the motivational impulses associated with patriotism and to examine some of the different ideas most commonly associated with one’s attachment, identification and loyalty to a political community. At the same time, it covers a number of basic concepts associated with the ‘standard’ analysis of patriotism, e.g. civic friendship, solidarity, associative duties, civic virtue, loyalty, pride, responsibility, courage etc. Given the complexity and controversiality associated with the foundations, nature and the value as well as the status, scope and the justification of patriotism, a particular section of the handbook is devoted to the most pressing criticisms and objections dividing both advocates and critics alike.
Editors and Affiliations
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Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mitja Sardoc
About the editor
Mitja Sardoč (PhD) is a researcher at the Educational Research Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia) where he is member of the ‘Social Contract in the 21st Century’ research programme. He is author of several scholarly articles and editor of a number of journal special issues on citizenship education, multiculturalism and equality of opportunity. He is Managing Editor of Theory and Research in Education [http://tre.sagepub.com/] and member of the editorial board of The Open Review of Educational Research and Educational Philosophy and Theory. He edited two books published by Blackwell (Citizenship, Inclusion and Democracy and Toleration, Respect and Recognition in Education). He is also a contributing author to the SAGEEncyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy.
