Contemporary Social Correlates and Predictors for the Emergence of Hyper-Nationalism

D. Kevin Nazar Pastor

Advisor: James Witte, PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Committee Members: Manjusha Nair, John Dale

Online Location, Zoom
April 25, 2025, 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM

Abstract:

The phenomenon of hyper-nationalism was described by Sydney Werlin (1939) as one of the precursors to the conditions of World War II. However, this phenomenon which according to Breuilly (1983) was thought to be entombed to the past of ethnic nationalisms of the Axis powers, has come back with overwhelming force in the past years. This study seeks to find what are the contemporary social correlates and predictors that can lead to hyper-nationalism, which according to Karl Polanyi (1940), especially in the form of Fascism can lead to war. This study uses both logistic regression model statistical analysis and Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to find precursors and necessary or sufficient conditions for the emergence of hyper-nationalism. The conditions analyzed are based on the theories of double movement by Karl Polanyi, ethnic nationalism of Anthony Smith and the role of print capitalism in the emergence of nationalism by Benedict Anderson.

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