The eight chapters in Nationalism before the Nation State: Literary Constructions of Inclusion, Exclusion, and Self-Definition (1756–1871) explore how the German nation was imagined from the beginning of the Seven Year’s War to the nation’s political foundation in 1871.
Are Nation-states obsolete? Are multination states viable? Can we really create powerful supranational institutions? These are the questions that celebrated authors and specialists attempt to answer in this important collection of articles.
“Historical Revolution” and “Social Revolution” Synthesizing Khaldun's theory of asabiyyah with historical ... Focusing on ancient societies, Kıvılcımlı explored “the laws of the rise and fall of civilizations” (Kıvılcımlı [1965] 2012: ...
Creating new nation-states is an act of institutional change. That is, to explain which nation-state projects have succeeded in achieving sovereign independence, it is necessary to look to the institutions of the states that gave birth ...
This is a comprehensive and accessible account of the nature of nationalism, which has re-emerged as one of the fundamental forces shaping world society today.
The book is designed to be accessible to students with little prior knowledge. Maps, chronology, glossary, statistical tables and short annotated bibliography help readers follow the text.
Nationalism and the Nation-state
Part 3 is concerned with the classic question of state autonomy . Francesco Duina considers the position of the powers of nation - states within the European Union and Mercosur . He shows that even when these common markets create ...
In order to build a politically united and democratic Europe, the accommodation of ethnic diversity and the integration of ethnic minorities are both key challenges. This book tries to explain ethnic problems in Europe.
D. Reid (1997) 'Nationalising the Pharaonic Past: Egyptology, Imperialism and Egyptian Nationalism 1922–52', in J. Jankowkski and I. Gershoni (eds.) ... Hutchinson, The Dynamics of Cultural Nationalism, 47–50. 37.
This book describes the twin evolutions of nation and state from the Middle Ages to the present and links them to stages in European cultural history.