ABSTRACT
This chapter examines critically some of the influential definitions of nationalism around which the conventional scholarship on nationalism is built. It classifies the various definitions into the following categories: psychological, legal, ideological and anthropological. While doing so, we briefly point out the shortcomings in each as applied to the Third World cases. Lastly, I propose a new definition of Third World nationalism that is sociologically conceived and empirically congruent with non-western realities.
AN EXAMINATION OF EXISTING CONCEPTS
