Against Paranoid Nationalism: Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society

Hage brings insights from political economy and psychoanalysis, defining societies as mechanisms for the production and distribution of hope.

He argues that the rise of paranoid nationalism throughout the world is linked to the shrinking of western nation-states' ability to distribute hope among their citizens.

Neo-liberal policies have loosen social bonds, diminish our hopes for a better life and make us anxious and worried.