Faith in nation exclusionary origins of nationalism /
"In a startling departure from a historical consensus that has dominated views of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx argues that European nationalism emerged ... in the early modern era, as a form of mass political engagement based on religious conflict, intolerance, and exclusion....
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Summary: | "In a startling departure from a historical consensus that has dominated views of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx argues that European nationalism emerged ... in the early modern era, as a form of mass political engagement based on religious conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Challenging the self-congratulatory genealogy of civic Western nationalism, Marx shows how state-builders attempted to create a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion and fanatical passions." |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 258 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and index. |