Anthony W. Marx

Faith in Nation: Exclusionary Origins of Nationalism

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In a startling departure from the unquestioning liberal consensus that has governed discussions of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx exposes the hidden underside of Western nationalism. Arguing that the true history of the nation began two hundred years earlier, in the early modern era, he shows how state builders set about deliberately constructing a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion. Religious intolerance, specifically the exclusion of religious minoriti… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-518259-0
EAN: 9780195182590
Produktnummer: 22402790
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H23.2 cm x B15.9 cm x D1.8 cm 372 g
Gewicht: 372

Über den Autor

Anthony Marx is the 18th President of Amherst College. Previously, he was Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for Historical Social Science at Columbia University. He is the author of Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa, and Brazil, winner of the Barrington Moore Prize, and co-winner of the Ralph Bunche Award.