How (and why) the new nationalism is all about building a nation-brand for the global economy
An excerpt from ‘Brand New Nation: Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-First-Century India’, by Ravinder Kaur. An Incredible India poster in Malayasia. | Bazuki Muhammad / Reuters
The spectacular appearance of the brand new nation might seem off- script or even plain ironic to those familiar with the story of globalisation – like a late-twentieth-century shorthand for the unhindered movement of capital, labor, goods, and people – and the opening up of the world. Weren’t we once told that the nation-state had been made “obsolete,” a superfluous political artefact in the age of globalisation? And that the nation-state was standing on “its last legs,” faced as it was with “crisis” and potential demise?
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Published on: Sunday, April 25, 2021
By: Kan Yaw Chong
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Red with her #iamnotavirus series.
SABAHANS have this spirited pride about all things Sabah. It’s rare, however, to feel deeply proud about a Sabahan.
But this time, it is high-flown and epic, when a masterpiece design from renowned, multiple award-winning Sabah-born artist Red Hong Yi makes it to the cover of Time Magazine featuring “Climate Is Everything”.
Easy?
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But what is certain is as the designer of this particular Time Magazine cover it makes her an influential voice that says: “climate matters” – why not.
The problem with Climate Change is it is very difficult to stir public interest, particularly action, because of a phenomenon associated with all “Tragedy of the Commons”, that is – everybody has an incentive not to cooperate.