Nationalism

Zusammenfassung Drawing on examples from Eritrea! Yugoslavia and China to France and Germany! this book clarifies the way in which national boundaries and identities became central to the modern era! how they relate to development of state power! and how a host of different social movements and government policies try to make use of them.

Sommario

Introduction
The modernity and diversity of nationalisms
Kinship, ethnicity and categorical identities
Nationalist claims to history
State, nation and legitimacy
Universalism and parochialism
Imperialism, colonialism and the world-system of nation-states
Conclusion
References
Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Calhoun, Craig Calhoun, Craig J. Calhoun
• Editore: Open University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.10.1997
• EAN: 9780335193011
• ISBN: 978-0-335-19301-1
• Pagine: 176
• Serie: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Sociology
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia