Verso Books - Mapping The Nation - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In nearly two decades since Samuel P. Huntington proposed his influential and troubling clash of civilizations thesis nationalism has only continued to puzzle and frustrate commentators policy analysts and political theorists. No consensus exists concerning its identity genesis or future. Are we reverting to the petty nationalisms of the nineteenth century or evolving into a globalized supranational world? Has the nation - state outlived its usefulness and exhausted its progressive and emancipatory role? Opening with powerful statements by Lord Acton and Otto Bauer the classic liberal and socialist positions respectively Mapping the Nation presents a wealth of thought on this issue: the debate between Ernest Gellner and Miroslav Hroch; Gopal Balakrishnan's critique of Benedict Anderson's seminal Imagined Communities; Partha Chatterjee on the limitations of the Enlightenment approach to nationhood; and contributions from Michael Mann Eric Hobsbawm Tom Nairn and J rgen Habermas.
Title: Mapping The Nation
Brand: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844676507
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 11/13/2012
Series: Mappings
Category: Nationalism