The Return of the Native: Can Liberalism Safeguard Us Against Nativism?

The Return of the Native explores how nativist logics have infiltrated liberal settings and discourses, deconstructing and explaining the underlying logic of nativist narratives. It shows how liberal ideas are becoming tools for claiming that some people do not belong to the nation, illuminating the resurgence of the native who claims the country at the expense of those perceived as foreign.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 12 January 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

The notion that liberalism and globalization would marginalize nativist logics and eventually lead to their demise was once prevalent. However, it appears that nativism has made a strong comeback, spreading across nations, across the political spectrum, and even reintegrating itself into the mainstream. In their book "The Return of the Native," Jan Willem Duyvendak, Josip Kesic, and Timothy Stacey delve into the infiltration of nativist logics into liberal settings and discourses, particularly in the Netherlands and other countries with strong liberal traditions such as the United States and France. The authors meticulously analyze the underlying logic of nativist narratives and demonstrate how these narratives are emerging in various contexts, including secularism, racism, populism, and left-wing politics. By systematically exploring these key iterations of nativism, the authors shed light on how liberal ideas themselves are being used to exclude certain individuals or groups from the nation. This book offers a distinctive perspective on the most significant political transformation of our time, revealing the resurgence of the figure of the native who asserts their claim to the country at the expense of those perceived as foreign.

The notion that liberalism and globalization would marginalize nativist logics and eventually lead to their demise was once prevalent. However, it appears that nativism has made a strong comeback, spreading across nations, across the political spectrum, and even reintegrating itself into the mainstream. In their book "The Return of the Native," Jan Willem Duyvendak, Josip Kesic, and Timothy Stacey delve into the infiltration of nativist logics into liberal settings and discourses, particularly in the Netherlands and other countries with strong liberal traditions such as the United States and France. The authors meticulously analyze the underlying logic of nativist narratives and demonstrate how these narratives are emerging in various contexts, including secularism, racism, populism, and left-wing politics. By systematically exploring these key iterations of nativism, the authors shed light on how liberal ideas themselves are being used to exclude certain individuals or groups from the nation. This book offers a distinctive perspective on the most significant political transformation of our time, revealing the resurgence of the figure of the native who asserts their claim to the country at the expense of those perceived as foreign.

Weight: 340g
Dimension: 240 x 156 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197663042