Mapping the Nation

'In nearly two decades since Samuel P. Huntington proposed his influential and troubling "clash of civilizations" thesis, nationalism has only continued to puzzle and frustrate commentators, policy analysts and political theorists. No consensus exists concerning its identity, genesis or future. Are we reverting to the petty nationalisms of the nineteenth century or evolving into a globalized, supranational world? Has the nation-state outlived its usefulness and exhausted its progressive and emancipatory role?

Opening with powerful statements by Lord Acton and Otto Bauer — the classic liberal and socialist positions, respectively — Mapping the Nation presents a wealth of thought on this issue: the debate between Ernest Gellner and Miroslav Hroch; Gopal Balakrishnan’s critique of Benedict Anderson’s seminal Imagined Communities; Partha Chatterjee on the limitations of the Enlightenment approach to nationhood; and contributions from Michael Mann, Eric Hobsbawm, Tom Nairn, and Jurgen Habermas.' - from back cover.

With an introduction by Benedict Anderson.

Alternative title

Mapping Series

Access level

Onsite

practitioner

Benedict ANDERSON

publisher

Verso (London, United Kingdom)

editor

Gopal BALAKRISHNAN

Location code

REF.BAG4

Language

English

Keyword

sociology, cultural studies, mapping

Publication/Creation date

2012

No of pages

329

ISBN / ISSN

9781844676507

No of copies

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Nationality - Lord ACTON

The Nation - Otto BAUER

From Nation Movement to the Fully-formed Nation: The Nation-building Process in Europe - Miroslav HROCH

The Coming of Nationalism and Its Interpretation: The Myths of Nation and Class - Ernest GELLNER

Approaches to Nationalism - John BREUILLY

Nationalism and the Historians - Anthony D. SMITH

The National Imagination - Gopal BALAKRISHNAN

Whose Imagined Community? - Partha CHATTERJEE

Whither 'Nation' and 'Nationalism'? - Katherine VERDERY

Woman and Nation - Sylvia WALBY

Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe Today - Eric J. HOBSBAWM

Internationalism and the Second Coming - Tom NAIRN

The European Nation-state — Its Achievements and Its Limits. On the Past and Future of Sovereignty and Citizenship - Jürgen HABERMAS

Nation-states in Europe and Other Continents: Diversifying, Developing, Not Dying - Michael MANN

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Complex Geographies