Nationalism and the State

Name: Nationalism and the State
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ISBN: 9780226074146

ISBN-10: 0226074145

ISBN-13: 9780226074146

Edition: 2nd 1993

Authors: John Breuilly

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Since its publication this important study has become established as a central work on the vast and contested subject of modern nationalism. Placing historical evidence within a general theoretical framework, John Breuilly argues that nationalism should be understood as a form of politics that arises in opposition to the modern state. In this updated and revised edition, he extends his analysis to the most recent developments in central Europe and the former Soviet Union. He also addresses the current debates over the meaning of nationalism and their implications for his position. Breuilly challenges the conventional view that nationalism emerges from a sense of cultural identity. Rather,…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 482
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Preface to the first edition


Preface to the second edition


Introduction



Social and intellectual bases of nationalism



Social bases of nationalist politics



Sources and forms of nationalist ideology



Varieties of nationalism (i) In a world without nation-states



Prelude to nationalism: religious and national oppositions in early modern Europe



Unification nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe



Separatist nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe



Separatist nationalism in the Arabworld



Approaches to anti-colonial nationalism



Anti-colonial nationalism: two case studies



Sub-nationalism in colonial states



The colonial state and nationalism



Reform nationalism outside Europe



Varieties of nationalism (ii) In a world of nation-states



Separatist nationalism in the new nation-states



Nation-building and nationalism in the new states



Unification nationalism and the new nation-states



Reform nationalism in the old nation-states



Separatist nationalism in the developed nation-states



Nationalism in contemporary east-central Europe


Conclusion


Appendix: Approaches to nationalism Chronologies for the major case studies


Bibliographical essay


Index