| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 215 pages) |
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New directions in anthropology ; v. 19 |
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New directions in anthropology ; v. 19.
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| Contents |
1. The building-blocks of nationhood -- 2. National sentiments as an ultimate reality : a comparison between Catalonia and Poland -- 3. What's in a name? : kinship, territory and religion in the making of national identity -- 4. National character : myth and reality -- 5. God giveth them glory, for they speaketh the native tongue -- 6. The stuff that culture is made of -- 7. Distant splendours, latter-day miseries : the role of historical memory -- 8. Does nationalism inevitably lead to conflict and violence? -- 9. The future of nations in a United Europe -- 10. Explaining national identity : a theoretical closure |
| Summary |
"Since its emergence in the 19th century in response to feudalism, nationalism has been a mixed blessing. Originally seen as a positive force, often enough it has resulted in warfare and persecution of minorities, so much so that, over time, it has been considered a social evil whose apparent decline has been greeted as a positive development. The author disputes this or rather, he maintains that the picture that emerges is more complex: nationalism is not disappearing but has taken on a different form |
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What we are experiencing is an increasing autonomy of ethnonations, i.e. nations without a state, in the wake of a weakening of the multinational states and the transfer of their sovereignty upwards, in the case of Europe to the federation of the European Union, and downwards to the "ethnonations"."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nationalism.
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Nationalism -- Spain -- Catalonia -- History
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Nationalism -- Europe -- History
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nationalism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Nationalism
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Nationalisme.
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Nationale identiteit.
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Europe
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Spain -- Catalonia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781789205909 |
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1789205905 |
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