{"product_id":"belonging-by-montserrat-guibernau-9780745655079","title":"Belonging","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book, \u003cem\u003eBelonging\u003c\/em\u003e, Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community—from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations—is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe power of belonging stems from the potential to generate an emotional attachment capable of fostering a shared identity, loyalty, and solidarity among members of a given community. It is this strong emotional dimension that enables belonging to act as a trigger for political mobilisation and, in extreme cases, to underpin collective violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the topics examined in this book are identity as a political instrument; emotions and political mobilisation; the return of authoritarianism and the rise of the new radical right; symbols and the rituals of belonging; loyalty, the nation, and nationalism. It includes case studies from Britain, Spain, Catalonia, Germany, the Middle East, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging and cutting-edge book will be of great interest to students and scholars in politics, sociology, and the social sciences generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470103331052,"sku":"9780745655079","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745655079-belonging.jpg?v=1775211901","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/belonging-by-montserrat-guibernau-9780745655079","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}