The Left and Nationalism in Europe

International conference organised by the Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), LinX – Ecole Polytechnique Paris and Jean Jaurès Foundation.

 

The tragic attacks in Paris on 7 January and 13 November 2015 have engendered vivid debates about national identity and national culture in France, and accelerated the promotion of patriotism by the socialist government. At the European level, whereas the death of nations has been predicted along with the triumph of globalisation, nations and nationalism make a spectacular come back in public debates, and put most European left-wing parties in an embarrassing position. In the aftermath of WW2, the Left gradually became suspicious of references to the nation, traditionally associated with right-wing ideologies. Yet in a time of identity debates and persistent collective attachment to nations, patriotism, sovereignty and nationalism are also increasingly used as political arguments. So what about nationalism of the political left?

 

With: Pierre Nora (Académie française), Vincent Martigny (Sciences Po/Cevipof), Gil Delannoi (Sciences Po/CEVIPOF), Daphne Halikiopoulou (University of Reading), Martial Foucault (Sciences Po/CEVIPOF)…

 

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