National identities vary from civic inclusion to ethnonational exclusion of others.
Evidence
Sovereign imaginaries may be inscribed broadly to include national ‘others’, as in civic national identities, or narrowly to exclude national ‘others’, as in ethnonational identities. — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 25
Categorization
- DEFINE: Distinguishes civic from ethnonational identity construction, key to how Rwanda’s Tutsi were cast as outsiders.
- XREF: Echoes the reader’s core question about whether manufactured external enemies rather than primordial identity sustain group solidarity. — connects to: Peoples without states fell back on language and ethnicity as national identity; National identity transition moments breed new exclusionary racisms; The Sinhala language conflates race, nation, and people, blocking a multiethnic state idea. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 190
Related
- National identity transition moments breed new exclusionary racisms (similarity 0.80)
- The Sinhala language conflates race, nation, and people, blocking a multiethnic state idea. (similarity 0.79)
- Weakening national identity reduces minorities’ capacity to affirm belonging (similarity 0.79)
- National identity requires crafted enemies to become activist ideology (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Peoples without states fell back on language and ethnicity as national identity
#exemplifies(0.82) - National identity transition moments breed new exclusionary racisms
#exemplifies(0.80)