The Cultural Foundations of Nations
Hierarchy, Covenant, and Republic
This major new work by Professor Anthony D. Smith challenges the notion of nationalism as a product of modernity. In a startling rejection of current orthodoxies, he demonstrates that different political forms of community and collective identity from pre-modern times have contributed to the formation of nations and determined the varied character of nations and nationalisms. His ideas derive from a life-time's learning, distilled here into a concise, clear argument for scholars and novices alike. Professor Smith identifies three main cultural traditions of antiquity: hierarchy, covenant and civic republic. He argues that these distinctive t…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8219-5
- EAN: 9781405182195
- Produktnummer: 13865529
- Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'391 KB
Über den Autor
Anthony D. Smith is President of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is author of numerous works on nationalism including The Ethnic Origins of Nations (Blackwell, 1986), Chosen Peoples: Sacred Sources of National Identity (2003) and The Antiquity of Nations (2004). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nations and Nationalism.
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