Nations and Nationalism: A Reader

Philip Spencer; Howard Wollman

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2005

Nations and Nationalism

A Reader

Philip Spencer and Howard Wollman

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474472777

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About this book

Nationalism has become a key area of political theory over recent years, with a huge expansion in the amount of literature available. Yet there are very few Readers which bring together the best and most representative of these works in one volume. This Reader includes both the core texts in the area which are required for any course on nationalism, and a selection of more interesting, less mainstream pieces - for example from post-communism and feminism, and debates which have taken place over issues such as citizenship, migration and asylum - with the aim of engaging the reader with some of the contemporary debates which have reconfigured our understanding of nationalism.

The overall aim of the Reader is to allow students to draw together and relate theories and debates within and across a range of disciplines, illuminating themes and issues of central importance in both historical and contemporary contexts, and showing how nationalism has evolved and has impacted upon and interacted with other political and social forms and forces.

Following a substantial introduction which provides the historical background, the Reader is divided into six sections: (1) The Origins of Nationalism; (2) Approaches to Nationalism; (3) Differentiating Nationalism - Nationalism, Racism, Ethnicity; (4) Forms of Nationalism; (5) National Self-Determination and Nationalist Mobilisation; (6) Globalisation, Citizenship and Nationalism.

Key Features

Offers a mix of traditional texts from classic writers such as Gellner, Smith, Anderson and Breuilly and more innovative readings from fields such as post-communism and feminism
Covers topical debates surrounding citizenship, self-determination, and migration
The introduction provides the necessary historical background for understanding recent debates and places the contributions in their immediate context
Clear guidance for further reading is given at the end of each section

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE THE ORIGINS OF NATIONALISM
1. Ethno-Symbolism and the Study of Nationalism Anthony Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. The Construction of Nationhood Adrian Hastings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. Nationalism and Modernity Ernest Gellner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
4. Imagined Communities Benedict Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
5. Nationalism and the State John Breuilly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
PART TWO APPROACHES TO NATIONALISM
6. Liberal Nationalism - An Irresponsible Compound? Andrew Vincent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
7. Really Existing Nationalisms - A Post-Communist View from Marx and Engels Erica Benner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
8. Masculinity and Nationalism - Gender and Sexuality in the Making of Nations Joane Nagel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
FURTHER READING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
PART THREE DIFFERENTIATING NATIONALISM - NATIONALISM, RACISM, ETHNICITY
9. Ethnicity and Nationalism Thomas Eriksen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
10 Between Camps Paul Gilroy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
11. Racism and Nationalism Etienne Balibar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
FURTHER READING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
PART FOUR FORMS OF NATIONALISM
12. Civic and Ethnic Nationalism Anthony Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
13. Banal Nationalism Michael Billig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
14. Good and Bad Nationalisms Philip Spencer and Howard Wollman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
FURTHER READING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
PART FIVE NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONALIST MOBILISATION
15. On National Self-Determination Margaret Moore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
16. Whose Imagined Community? Partha Chatterjee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
17. Constructing National and Cultural Identities in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa Dominic Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
18. How Nationalisms Spread - Eastern Europe Adrift the Tides and Cycles of Nationalist Contention Mark Beissinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
FURTHER READING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
PART SIX GLOBALISATION, CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALISM
19. Has Globalisation Ended the Rise and Rise of the Nation-State? Michael Mann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
20. Citizenship and the Other in the Age of Migration Stephen Castles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
21. Culture and Political Community - National, Global and Cosmopolitan David Held Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
FURTHER READING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 376
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: March 24, 2005
ISBN: 9781474472777