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National Identity (Ethnonationalism Comparative Perspective)
Anthony D. Smith
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Description for National Identity (Ethnonationalism Comparative Perspective)
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Why do people feel loyalty to a nation, as well as to family, region, class, and religion? When is a healthy sense of national identity transformed into virulent nationalism? What are the ethnic roots of so many contemporary conflicts? Can nations be created by design when colonial or multiethnic empires collapse? And what, exactly, is a nation? Such controversial questions are analysed in this stimulating new text.
Smith asks why the first modern nation-states developed in the West and considers how ethnic origins, religion, language, and shared symbols provide a sense of nation—even to the Basques, Kurds, and Tamils ... Read more
Why do people feel loyalty to a nation, as well as to family, region, class, and religion? When is a healthy sense of national identity transformed into virulent nationalism? What are the ethnic roots of so many contemporary conflicts? Can nations be created by design when colonial or multiethnic empires collapse? And what, exactly, is a nation? Such controversial questions are analysed in this stimulating new text.
Smith asks why the first modern nation-states developed in the West and considers how ethnic origins, religion, language, and shared symbols provide a sense of nation—even to the Basques, Kurds, and Tamils ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874172041
SKU
V9780874172041
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