The accessible debate format puts main theories and thinkers to the test, enabling the reader to interact with the issues directly. This unique volume is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of nationalism, ethnicity and global conflict.
This new collection of key authors on nationalism presents the latest thinking on this fundamental aspect of Politics, International Relations and Sociology. Editorial Reviews. Review. 'As an introduction to a set of well-entrenched and opposing When is the Nation?: Towards an Understanding of Theories of Nationalism - Kindle edition by Gordana Uzelac, Atsuko Ichijo. Download it once and.
How Old is an Old Nation? Genealogy Indeed Pierre van den Berghe 3. General Discussion Part 2: When was the English Nation?
When was the First New Nation?: When, What and How is the Nation: Lessons from Greece Anna Triandafyllidou 8. Nationalism and the Politics of Ethnicity in Fiji: Her main research areas include the formation of ethnic and national identities and the process of nation-formation in Eastern Europe especially former Yugoslavia and western societies.
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An eBook version of this title already exists in your shopping cart. According to Gellner, modern industrializing societies require cultural homogeneity to perpetuate economic success. The most prominent and entirely relevant critique of this view lies in its failure to account for the widespread popularity and virtual fanaticism that nationalisms frequently inspire. To this end, perhaps a review of the pre-modern roots and symbolic layering of such ties and identities can elucidate further. Primordialism is most often associated with ethnic attachments and thus predominantly ethnic nationalism.
Similar to primordialism, perennialists are of the opinion that nations have existed since time immemorial but that they are infrequent, unnatural developments, occurring in peaks and troughs. Ethnosymbolism emphasizes the importance of symbols, traditions, values and myths in the creation and continuation of modern nations.
Most scholars agree that the nation has taken on a particular form and prominence since the mid-eighteenth century, but prominent ethnosymbolists such as Anthony D. Smith argue that early memories, myths and symbols hold a continued importance in the understanding of nationalisms.
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