Nations the long history and deep roots of political ethnicity and nationalism /

"What are the origins of nationalism and why is it capable of arousing such intense emotions? In this major study, Azar Gat counters the prevailing fashionable theories according to which nations and nationalism are modern and contrived or 'invented'. He sweeps across history and arou...

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Hovedforfatter: Gat, Azar
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Andre forfattere: Yakobson, Alexander
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Is nationalism recent and superficial?; 2. The evolution of kin-culture communities; 3. From tribes to statehood; 4. Premodern ethne, peoples, states and nations around the world; 5. Premodern Europe and the national state; 6. Modernity: nationalism released, transformed and enhanced; 7. State, national identity, ethnicity: normative and constitutional aspects; Conclusion.