ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to provide a review of the Western and Arab literature discussing the nature and development of nationalism in Libya. The section on Western scholarship, with a few exceptions, largely deals with studies published after independence, and does not scrutinize colonial studies. In contrast, the section which deals with Arab writing, surveys some works which were published before the independence of Libya. These authors had been important protagonists of the nationalist struggle itself highlighting how the Libyan nation was imagined during the nationalist struggle.
