Nationalism and social theory : modernity and the recalcitrance of the nation

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Label

Nationalism and social theory : modernity and the recalcitrance of the nation

Title remainder

modernity and the recalcitrance of the nation

Statement of responsibility

Gerard Delanty and Patrick O'Mahony

Creator

• Delanty, Gerard
• Delanty, Gerard

Contributor

• O'Mahony, Patrick J
• O'Mahony, Patrick J

Subject

• Nationalism
• Social sciences -- Philosophy

Language

eng

Summary

Why has nationalism proved so durable? What are the roots of its appeal? This sharp and accessible book slices through the myths surrounding nationalism and provides an important new perspective on this perennial subject. The book argues that: nationalism is persistent, not merely because of its specific ideological appeal, but because it expresses some of the major conflicts in modernity; nationalism reflects and reinforces four key trends in western social development: state formation, democratization, capitalism and the rationalization of culture; the forms of nationalism can be organized i

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

306.2

Index

no index present

LC call number

JC311

LC item number

.D394 2002eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography

Series statement

New horizons in sociology