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Ernst B. Haas - Nationalism Liberalism V1 - 9780801431081 - V9780801431081
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Nationalism Liberalism V1

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Description for Nationalism Liberalism V1 hardcover. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFK; JPFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.

Has global liberalism made the nation-state obsolete? Or, on the contrary, are primordial nationalist hatreds overwhelming cosmopolitanism? To assert either theme without serious qualification, according to Ernst B. Haas, is historically simplistic and morally misleading.

Haas describes nationalism as a key component of modernity and a crucial instrument for making sense of impersonal, rapidly changing, and heterogeneous societies. He characterizes nationalism as a feeling of collective identity, a mutual understanding experienced among people who may never meet but who are persuaded that they belong to a community of kindred spirits. Without nationalism, there could be no large integrated state.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801431081
SKU
V9780801431081
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About Ernst B. Haas
The late Ernst B. Haas was Robson Research Professor of Government at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews for Nationalism Liberalism V1
Ernst Haas has made a remarkable contribution to our understanding of the complex relationships between modernity and nationalism.
John A. Armstrong
American Journal of Sociology
Haas's central argument is that liberal nationalism is more likely than the other variants 'to bring about the conditions that raise their societies from the premodern to the formally rationalized.'... An ambitious ... Read more

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