The Cultural Foundations of Nations: Hierarchy, Covenant, and RepublicISBN: 978-1-4051-7799-3
Hardcover
264 pages
March 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Major new work by a leading historical sociologist
- Challenges the prevailing idea of nationalism as a product of
modernity
- Demonstrates that different political forms of community and
collective identity from pre-modern times have contributed to the
formation and character of nations
- Analyzes the chronology and nature of nations, from the ancient
world, to the European Middle Ages, the early modern, and the
modern eras
- Discusses alternative destinies facing modern nations today