Ebook: Nationalism: theory, ideology, history
Author: Smith Anthony David
- Tags: Idées politiques, Nation, Nationalisme, Idées politiques
- Series: Key concepts
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Wiley
- City: Cambridge
- Edition: 2nd ed., repr
- Language: English
- epub
For the last two centuries, nationalism has been a central feature of society and politics. Few ideologies can match its power and resonance, and no other political movement and symbolic language has such worldwide appeal and resilience. But nationalism is also a form of public culture and political religion, which draws on much older cultural and symbolic forms.
Seeking to do justice to these different facets of nationalism, the second edition of this popular and respected overview has been revised and updated with contemporary developments and the latest scholarly work. It aims to provide a concise and accessible introduction to the core concepts and varieties of nationalist ideology; a clear analysis of the major competing paradigms and theories of nations and nationalism; a critical account of the often opposed histories and periodization of the nation and nationalism;...
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