Politics of Western Europe: Blood and Belonging

Politics of Western Europe: Blood and Belonging This is a critique of the book, Blood and Belonging, by Michael Ignatieff. This paper will explain the subject of the book and its relevance, discuss Michael Ignatieff’s methods and conclusions on the subject and finally include a personal critique of the book by the author of this paper. The author of the book travels on what he terms "the six journeys." On these "journeys" he encounters …

…concerning nationalism and its expressions in the world. Perhaps the world will allways have to deal with the dichotomy dicussed in this paper, however one can only hope that a long lasting solution will be found. <b>Bibliography</b> 1. Ignatieff, Michael Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993. 2. "It Depends on Rabin." The Economist, 24th-30th September, 1994, pp. 42-43. 3. "Secularity Defied." The Economist, 8th-14th October, 1994, p.53.