Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia Hur Aram
Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia Hur Aram In Narratives of Duty, Aram Hur investigates the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies. Through comparing…
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Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia Hur Aram
In Narratives of Duty, Aram Hur investigates the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies. Through comparing democratic societies in East Asia and elsewhere, Hur shows that the sense of obligation to be a good citizen--upon which the resilience of a democracy depends--emerges from a force long thought detrimental to democracy itself: national attachments.Nationalism's illiberal and exclusive tendencies are typically viewed as disruptive to democratic processes, but Hur argues that there is nothing inherently anti-democratic about nationalism. Why, she asks, do some citizens feel a responsibility to vote, pay taxes, or take up arms in defense of one's country?
When national stories portray Rather, whether nationalism helps or hinders democracy is shaped by the historicized relationship between a national people and their democratic state.
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