The Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism.
Call for Papers for Spring Issue 2009
The editors invite contributions for the inaugural issue of The Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism.
Thematic Outline:
The establishment of national states in Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries coincided with the formation of national identity, the idea that each national community shared certain elements such as language, history, territory and a joint destiny. The distinction between an imagined "we" and the perceived other is central to national sentiments. To be a member of this collective marked the shift from being a subject of a sovereign to being a citizen of a state. Paradoxically, this right to a politically participative citizenship (ideally in a democracy) was conceived as a universal right and thus nationalism has served as the medium for (post-colonial) political emancipation and "resurgimentos" across the globe.