ABSTRACT

In recent years nationalism has emerged as one of the dominant issues of our time. In this lucid and balanced account, David McCrone lays out the key issues and debates around a subject which is too often obscured by polemic. Among topics covered are:
* classical and contemporary theories of nationalism
* nationalism and ethnicity
* nationalism and the nation state
* colonial and post-colonial nationalisms
* neo nationalism and post communist nationalism.

chapter 1|21 pages

THE FALL AND RISE OF NATIONALISM

chapter 2|22 pages

TRIBE, PLACE AND IDENTITY

Ethnicity and nationalism

chapter 3|20 pages

INVENTING THE PAST

History and nationalism

chapter 4|21 pages

‘DEVILS AT HIS BACK’

Nationalism and Ernest Gellner

chapter 5|17 pages

NATION AS STATE

Nationalism and state-building

chapter 6|23 pages

DIALECTIC WITH THE OTHER

Liberation nationalism in the twentieth century

chapter 7|24 pages

IN AND OUT OF THE STATE

The rise and rise of neo-nationalism

chapter 8|20 pages

THE UNFORESEEN REVOLUTION

Post-communist nationalism

chapter 9|19 pages

NATIONALISM AND ITS FUTURES