Between Civic and Ethnic

Download or read book Between Civic and Ethnic written by Xiaokun Song and published by ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a descriptive analysis of elitist nationalist ideologies in Taiwan, this study challenges the traditional Western distinction between civic nationalism and ethnic nationalism. Instead, this discussion contends that the fluid historical context must always be taken into account. An overview of nationalist unrest in Taiwan over a century includes Japanese colonization (1895–1945), four decades of martial law (1945–1985), and afterwards (1986–2000).