They deconstruct and explain the underlying logic of nativist narratives and show how these narratives are emerging in the discourses of secularism (a religious nativism that problematizes Islam and Muslims), racism (a racial nativism that problematizes black anti-racism), populism (a populist nativism that problematizes elites), and left-wing politics (a left nativism that sees religious, racial, and populist nativists themselves as a threat to national culture). By moving systematically through these key iterations of nativism, the authors show how liberal ideas themselves are becoming tools for claiming that some people do not belong to the nation.

A unique analysis of the most fundamental political transformation of our days, this book illuminates the resurgence of the figure of the "native," who claims the country at the expense of those perceived as foreign.”

Published November 10, 2022 by Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics. Follow this link to read more about the book.

About the authors

• Jan Willem Duyvendak, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and ACES affiliate, University of Amsterdam
• Josip Kesic, Researcher-lecturer in Social Work, Inholland University of Applied Sciences
• With Timothy Stacey, Researcher in the Urban Futures Studio, Utrecht University