Nationalism: Theory, Ideology, History, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-7456-5128-6
Paperback
200 pages
November 2010, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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Preface vii
Introduction 1
1 Concepts 5
The Meanings of Nationalism 5
Definitions 9
2 Ideologies 24
Fundamental Ideals 27
Core Concepts 31
Nationalism as Culture and Religion 36
Voluntarism and Organicism 39
‘Ethnic’ and ‘Civic’ Nationalisms 42
3 Paradigms 47
Modernism 49
Perennialism 53
Primordialism 55
Ethno-symbolism 60
Conclusion 63
4 Theories 66
Ideology and Industrialism 66
Reason and Emotion 72
Politics and Culture 77
Elites and Everyday Nationalism 82
Construction and Reinterpretation 85
Conclusion 93
5 Histories 95
‘Great Nations’, Small Ethnies 96
Nations Before Nationalism 100
Nations in Antiquity? 110
Nations in History: An Alternative View 115
Conclusion 125
6 Prospects 129
Proliferating Nationalism 129
The Demise of the Nation-state? 132
Hybrid Identities? 136
The Dissolution of Nationalism? 139
The Consumer Society 141
Global Culture? 143
Internationalizing Nationalism 146
Uneven Ethno-histories 150
Sacred Foundations 153
Conclusion 157
Notes 159
Appendix 172
References 177
Index 197