National Identity

Name: National Identity
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ISBN: 9780874172041

ISBN-10: 0874172047

ISBN-13: 9780874172041

Edition: 1993 (Reprint)

Authors: Anthony D. Smith

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Why do people feel loyalty to a nation, as well as to family, region, class, and religion? When is a healthy sense of national identity transformed into virulent nationalism? What are the ethnic roots of so many contemporary conflicts? Can nations be created by design when colonial or multiethnic empires collapse? And what, exactly, is a nation? Such controversial questions are analyzed in this stimulating new text. Smith asks why the first modern nation-states developed in the West and considers how ethnic origins, religion, language, and shared symbols provide a sense of nation--even to the Basques, Kurds, and Tamils who are without states of their own. He illuminates his argument with a…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication date: 3/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



National and Other Identities



The Ethnic Basis of National Identity



The rise of Nations



Nationalism and Cultural Identity



Nations by Design?



Separatism and Multi-nationalism



Beyond National Identity?


Notes


Bibliography


Index