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Rethinking Nationalism

A Critical Introduction

By: Jonathan S. Hearn

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Paperback | 13 April 2006 | Edition Number 1

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This is an innovative and interdisciplinary introduction to the study of nationalism. The author uses paired chapters, first to present the work of key authors in relation to each of a set of key themes - primordialism, modernism, power and culture - and then critically to rethink these core concepts.

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'A fascinating text which greatly advances general understanding of the subject and in particular of 'modernism', and 'primordialism'. Rethinking Nationalism is yet another example of the contribution of anthropologists to serious analysis of nationalism.' - Tom Nairn, Globalism Research Centre, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia 'Lucid and approachable, this is the most comprehensive account yet of current approaches to understanding nationalism. It deserves to be a bestseller not least for concerning itself as much with the non-European world as with those areas that gave rise to the classic theories of nationalism.' - John A Hall, McGill University/Dartmouth College '[W]ell balanced and insightful... a valuable guide to the scholarship on nationalism' - Gerard DeLanty, Nations and Nationalism

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List of Figures	p. x
List of Boxes	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction: Knowing Nationalism	p. 1
Perplexing Variety	p. 1
Competing Definitions	p. 3
Underlying Assumptions	p. 6
Primordialism versus Modernism	p. 7
Ethnicity and the State	p. 8
Power and Culture	p. 9
A Working Definition	p. 10
Historical Orientation	p. 11
Primordialism	p. 20
What is Primordialism?	p. 20
Descent	p. 21
Territory	p. 31
Language	p. 32
History	p. 36
Conclusion	p. 42
Rethinking Primordialism	p. 45
Three Critiques of Primordialism	p. 45
Shils Revisited	p. 52
Thinking about Feeling	p. 55
When was Primordialism?	p. 61
Conclusion	p. 65
Modernism	p. 67
What is Modernism?	p. 67
Economy: Industrialism, Capitalism and Uneven Development	p. 68
Politics: the Modern State	p. 74
Mass Culture: Language and Education	p. 80
Transformations of Religion	p. 84
Civil Society	p. 87
Civic versus Ethnic Nationalism	p. 88
Conclusion	p. 92
Rethinking Modernism	p. 95
Objections Raised	p. 95
The 'Ernest Gellner Problem'	p. 99
Pristine versus Secondary Situations	p. 100
The Shape of Modernity	p. 104
Unfinished Business: Reconsidering Uneven Development	p. 108
Conclusion	p. 115
Power	p. 117
Nationalism and the State	p. 117
Elites and Popular Mobilization	p. 127
War	p. 134
Class	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 143
Rethinking Power	p. 145
Power and Organization	p. 145
Cities	p. 151
Gender	p. 156
Democracy as Routinized Nationalism	p. 165
Conclusion	p. 169
Culture	p. 170
A Concept of Culture (and Ideology)	p. 170
Ethno-symbolism	p. 172
Ideology	p. 182
Two Tricky Cases	p. 193
Conclusion	p. 198
Rethinking Culture	p. 201
The Hazards of Culture	p. 201
Another Sense of Culture	p. 207
Language	p. 210
Religion	p. 217
Conclusion	p. 227
Conclusion: Power, Culture and Nationalism	p. 229
Ten Summary Theses	p. 230
Multiculturalism, Pluralism, Accommodation and Conflict	p. 232
Normative Critiques and Defences	p. 238
Postmodern Approaches	p. 243
Thinking Ahead	p. 247
References	p. 251
Index	p. 268
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