Eric Taylor Woods Boeken

The narrative explores the Anglican Church's complex involvement with Indian residential schools, which aimed to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture. Initially viewed as a noble mission, these institutions became synonymous with colonialism and abuse over time. The book delves into the Church's motivations for participation and the delayed acknowledgment of the harm caused. It sheds light on the sociological processes that lead perpetrators to recognize their roles in such injustices, offering a critical perspective on this dark chapter of history.

The book explores the rise of ethnic nationalism, focusing on figures like Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, and the social media strategies that have fueled their support. Schertzer and Woods analyze how these leaders connect with the historical and cultural sentiments of white majorities, using a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates political science, sociology, history, and media studies. They argue that today's leaders are reinterpreting ethnic identity for the digital age to effectively engage voters and secure electoral victories.

A careful analysis of the social media campaigns of Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, and the Brexit campaigners, which shows how today's new nationalists are cultivating support from white majorities by tapping into their history and culture.Across the West, there has been a resurgence of ethnic nationalism, populism, and anti-immigrant sentiment - a phenomenon that many commentators have called the "new nationalism." In The New Nationalism in America and Beyond , Robert Schertzer and Eric Taylor Woods seek to understand why the bastions of liberalism are proving to be fertile ground for a decidedly illiberal ideology. To do so, they examine the social media campaigns of three of the most successful exemplars of the new Donald Trump in the US, Marine Le Pen in France, and Brexit in the UK. Schertzer and Woods show how today's new nationalists are cultivating support from white majorities by drawing from long-standing myths and symbols to construct an image of the nation as an ethnic community. Their cutting-edge and multidisciplinary approach combines elements of political science, sociology, history, and communication and media studies, to show how leaders today are updating the historical foundations ofethnic nationalism for the digital age.