WHAT IS A CIVIC NATION?: A Republic of Shared Dreams - Couverture souple

Caglar, MR. Levent

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1997912228 ISBN 13 : 9781997912224

Editeur : LEVENT CAGLAR, 2026

Synopsis

What transforms a collection of people into a civic nation — and what does it mean for a nation to be truly free? In this second volume of The Life of Nations, Levent Caglar moves beyond the foundational question of national identity to explore the deeper architecture of civic belonging. Drawing on political philosophy, historical sociology, and comparative analysis, he examines how nations evolve in relation to civil society, capitalism, and the enduring tension between individual liberty and collective will.
From the earliest kinship systems to the Enlightenment revolutions that gave birth to modern civic ideals, Caglar traces a single philosophical thread: the nation is not a fixed essence but a living temporal organization — shaped by shared dreams, contested values, and the ongoing struggle to reconcile freedom with solidarity. This book reveals how national consciousness has always been inseparable from economic life, the rise of civil society, and the emotional bonds that sustain collective belonging across generations.
Engaging Rousseau, Mill, Durkheim, Gramsci, and contemporary theorists, the book confronts the paradoxes at the heart of civic nationalism: How can a nation be both a vehicle of liberation and an instrument of exclusion? What conditions allow civil society to reform the state from within? What does genuine self-determination require — and what does it cost? Through case studies ranging from the emergence of European bourgeois nations to Türkiye's contested civic identity, Caglar shows that the civic nation is not a finished achievement but an ongoing moral project.
A Republic of Shared Dreams is both a rigorous intellectual inquiry and a moral call — an invitation to reimagine the nation not as a border or a flag, but as a community grounded in justice, voluntary association, and the irreducible dignity of every individual. It is a work for readers who believe that the question of how we belong together is the most urgent political question of our time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Levent Caglar is an independent researcher working in political philosophy, sociology, and the theory of nations. His work develops a time-centred theory of truth and being, which he applies to the study of how human communities are founded, dissolved, and reorganized across history. He is the author of a multi-volume study, The Life of Nations, of which the present book is the second volume, and his research focuses on the nature of nations, the relationship between nation and state, and the conditions of an ethical republic grounded in equality, freedom, and the ontological integrity of the person. He lives and works in Ottawa, Canada.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LEVENT CAGLAR
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1997912228
• ISBN 13: 9781997912224
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 355
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