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Klappentext `In this excellent and thought-provoking book. Hutchinson has taken the debate about nations and nationalism a significant step forward. His view of nations as zones of conflict is a useful and appropriate way of approaching this subject! making an important contribution to the field - one that may come to shape the literature' - Paul Hopper! School of Historical and Critical Studies! University of Brighton What is the relationship between nations and conflict? Is globalization really eroding national sovereignty and cultural unity? This novel and compelling book explores such questions! arguing that it is wrong to assume that nations are culturally uniform. Hutchinson asserts that resting on older diverse ethnic identities! nations adapt from the unpredictable challenges of modernity! and such plurality makes them prone to cultural wars. He redefines nation-state formation as an outcome of unending and reversible processes! stating that even when nationalists win control! the nation state is never hegemonic since it is only one of many actors in the modern world. Zusammenfassung This compelling book argues that it is wrong to assume that nations are culturally uniform. Hutchinson provocatively asserts that resting on older diverse ethnic identities! nations adapt from the unpredictable challenges of modernity! and such plurality makes them prone to cultural wars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction An Alternative Model Organisation PART ONE: ZONES OF CONFLICT Introduction The Modernist Critique Ethnosymbolists and Recurring Factors Ethnogenetic Factors Ethnie as Social and Political Actors The Rise of States and Modern Processes Ethnic Continuities and Modern Nations Conclusions PART TWO: THE REVIVALIST REVOLUTION Introduction Romanticism as an Ethnocultural Movement National Revivalism and Social Transformation Moral Innovators National Sacrifice and Mythic Overlaying Conclusions PART THREE: CULTURAL WARS Introduction Cultural Wars in Modern Nations The Roots of Conflict Significance and Consequences Polarisation The Elaboration of a National Identity Persisting Differences Conclusions PART FOUR: HOT AND BANAL NATIONALISMS Introduction The Rise of the Mass Nation Nationalism from below Patterns of Mass Identification with the Nation Fluctuating Identities Banal Nationalism Conclusions PART FIVE: NATIONALISM AND THE CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS Introduction Globalisation and Nationalism Regionalism European Union and the National States The Clash of Civilisations Conclusions ...
