Nation and Identity

By: Ross Poole

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Hardcover | 2 September 1999 | Edition Number 1

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222 Pages

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"Nation and Identity" offers a new and urgently needed analysis of the concept of national identity. Ross Poole shows how the nation became a fundamental organizing principle of social, political and moral life in the period of early modernity, and has been a presupposition of most liberal, republican and democratic theory ever since.
Identity is the key to a provocative and original treatment of freedom, citizenship, multiculturalism and the claims of indigenous people. While the centrality of identity is widely assumed, it is rarely as closely examined as in Poole's forceful presentation. A fascinating final chapter exposes the tensions between universalism and particularism in a post-national world.
"Nation and Identity" provides a sustained encounter with the most important recent work on nationalism from a number of disciplines. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the central place of nationalism and national identity in the modern world and in coming to terms with their transformation or displacement.

Industry Reviews

"This book offers a clear and engaging argument....." -"Ethics, July 2001 "Poole's study constitutes a major contribution; the capter detailing the emergence of nationalism and the bibliographical essay are especially outstanding. Upper-division undergraduates and above." -"Choice ""Nation and Identity is well organized, well written, carefully argued and at the cutting edge of the relevant literature...It has a striking and important set of conceptualizations and arguments about nation, national identity and nationalism, and some probing conjectures about 'the future of nationalism' in an increasingly globalized world." -Kai Nielsen, University of Concordia "A beautifully written, timely and thoughtful book, Poole argues his case persuasively and elegantly using his philosophical, political and historical sources judiciously." -David Archard, University of St. Andrews

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