Abstract
This article evaluates Bauer's theory of the nation and the debateon national-cultural autonomy in late imperial Austria. It finds important similarities with contemporary liberal debates on multiculturalism and the rights of ethnic and national minorities. It argues that the debate on national-cultural autonomy went in some respects beyond the contemporary debate on multiculturalism. National-cultural autonomy rejects the idea of the nation-state and proposes instead a multi-nation-state that recognises differential rights for
ethnic and national minorities. It seeks to break the limitations of liberal democracy and the territorial principle of the nation-state by organising
national communities as deterritorialised national corporations, and multination-states as territorialised non-national identities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 289-314 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Journal of Political Ideologies |
Volume | (4) |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Political Science and International Relations