January 10, 2019

Siniša Malešević: Organized Brutality & The Formation Of The National Identity

4 minutes

In this segment of my discussion with Siniša Malešević, we examine his research into the sociological roots of the nation state in the modern era, as well as the social mechanisms and techniques the nation state uses in order to wed the individual (the citizen) to the ideologies and interests of the nation — through a combination of sophisticated state propaganda, state-mandated education (indoctrination), and warfare. Siniša expounds on the role nationalism (and its corollary: patriotism) has played in the “rise of organized brutality” — a function implicit in the formation and legitimation of the nation state. In Siniša’s work and in this interview, he “demonstrates that violence is determined by organizational capacity, ideological penetration and micro-solidarity, rather than biological tendencies, meaning that despite pre-modern societies being exposed to spectacles of cruelty and torture, such societies had no organizational means to systematically slaughter millions of individuals.”

Siniša Malešević is a Full Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University College, Dublin, Ireland. He is an elected member of Royal Irish Academy and Academia Europaea (the European Academy) and an elected Associated Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the author of numerous books, including ‘Grounded Nationalisms,’ ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality: A Historical Sociology of Violence,’ ‘Nation-States and Nationalisms: Organisation, Ideology and Solidarity,’ ‘The Sociology of War and Violence,’ ‘Identity as Ideology,’ and ‘The Sociology of Ethnicity.’

Learn more about Siniša’s work at his website: https://sinisa2malesevic.wordpress.com

Pre-order Siniša’s upcoming book ‘Grounded Nationalisms’: https://amzn.to/2AyCWSj

This is a segment of episode #165 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Rise Of Organized Violence: The Brutalities Of National Identity w/ Siniša Malešević.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmalešević

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