"Wann I’ denk wie’s früher war."
- The successful Austrian pop-musician Andreas Gabalier has devoted several of his songs to his Styrian homeland. Gabalier's work and performance has often been per-ceived as nationalist. When analyzing some of his lyrics, an astonishing observation can be made: Most references to the »homeland« are backward-looking. This article argues that the remarkable lack of a national »future« in Gabalier's work is charac-teristic for contemporary nationalist manifestations, not only in popular culture, but also in ideologies and politics. The article introduces a new typology of nationalist movements. With regard to the character of the related nation-state, three types are discussed: »constructive nationalism« whereby the nationalist movement strives for a future sovereign nation state; »maintaining nationalism« wherein a nation state already exists; and »reconstructive nationalism« where nationalists believe that the nation state has lost its independence, sovereignty, and freedom in the course of globalization and hopeThe successful Austrian pop-musician Andreas Gabalier has devoted several of his songs to his Styrian homeland. Gabalier's work and performance has often been per-ceived as nationalist. When analyzing some of his lyrics, an astonishing observation can be made: Most references to the »homeland« are backward-looking. This article argues that the remarkable lack of a national »future« in Gabalier's work is charac-teristic for contemporary nationalist manifestations, not only in popular culture, but also in ideologies and politics. The article introduces a new typology of nationalist movements. With regard to the character of the related nation-state, three types are discussed: »constructive nationalism« whereby the nationalist movement strives for a future sovereign nation state; »maintaining nationalism« wherein a nation state already exists; and »reconstructive nationalism« where nationalists believe that the nation state has lost its independence, sovereignty, and freedom in the course of globalization and hope for a reconstruction. However, these types are defined here as »ideal types« in a Weberian sense and will hardly be found in their »pure« forms in history or social reality.…
Verfasserangaben: | Gideon BotschGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839455814 |
ISBN: | 9783837655810 |
ISBN: | 9783839455814 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Deutsch): | One nation under a groove - »Nation« als Kategorie populärer Musik |
Untertitel (Deutsch): | Nationalismus in der "postnationalen Konstellation" |
Verlag: | transcript |
Verlagsort: | Bielefeld |
Herausgeber*in(nen): | Ralf von Appen, Thorsten Hindrichs |
Publikationstyp: | Teil eines Buches (Kapitel) |
Sprache: | Deutsch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 01.10.2020 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 25.04.2024 |
Seitenanzahl: | 15 |
Erste Seite: | 15 |
Letzte Seite: | 29 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften / Fachgruppe Politik- & Verwaltungswissenschaft |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
Peer Review: | Nicht ermittelbar |