Paranoid Nationalism
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Ghassan Hage’s Paranoid Nationalism examines the cultural and political dynamics of nationalism and racism in Australia, exploring how fantasies of threat and decline underpin xenophobic politics.
Hage uses psychoanalytic and anthropological perspectives to show how neoliberal restructuring erodes social solidarity and produces paranoid forms of national identity.
He argues that the scarcity of hope and diminished prospects under neoliberalism contribute to right-wing populist movements.
The book blends ethnographic material with theoretical reflection to illuminate how political economies shape collective anxieties and exclusionary imaginaries.
It has become influential in debates about multiculturalism, belonging, and the politics of fear.
Hage uses psychoanalytic and anthropological perspectives to show how neoliberal restructuring erodes social solidarity and produces paranoid forms of national identity.
He argues that the scarcity of hope and diminished prospects under neoliberalism contribute to right-wing populist movements.
The book blends ethnographic material with theoretical reflection to illuminate how political economies shape collective anxieties and exclusionary imaginaries.
It has become influential in debates about multiculturalism, belonging, and the politics of fear.
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