Patriotism

Charles Jones is Associate Professor of Political Science at Western University, CanadaRichard Vernon is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at Western University, Canada

"Jones and Vernon’s Patriotism is simply the best available introduction to the tangled questions about citizenship and belonging that roil contemporary political theory. They write with unfailing grace and clarity, their command of the relevant scholarship is peerless, and they are scrupulously fair to rival viewpoints. They deserve a very wide readership."—Eamonn Callan, Stanford University"In this timely work Charles Jones and Richard Vernon comprehensively examine the idea of patriotism, the different forms it might take, and how it might relate to other important concepts including nationalism and cosmopolitanism. This is a rich and accessible introduction to an important idea playing a key role in current political discourse."—Gillian Brock, University of Auckland"This book is a subtle and elegant discussion of the nature of patriotism, which manages to survey a vast literature without pedantry, while lucidly and persuasively defending a particular conception of love of country."—K. Anthony Appiah, New York University

• ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Community, Loyalty, and PartialityChapter 2: Nationalism, Patriotism, and CosmopolitanismChapter 3: The Republican AlternativeChapter 4: Special Concern for Our CompatriotsConclusion: A Subsidiarity DefenceReferences