David Mccrone

The Sociology of Nationalism (eBook, ePUB)

Tomorrow's Ancestors

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years nationalism has emerged as one of the dominant issues of our time. In this lucid and balanced account, David McCrone lays out the key issues and debates around a subject which is too often obscured by polemic. Among topics covered are: * classical and contemporary theories of nationalism * nationalism and ethnicity * nationalism and the nation state * colonial and post-colonial nationalisms * neo nationalism and post communist nationalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134822607
• Artikelnr.: 49984249

Autorenporträt

David McCrone is Professor of Sociology, and Convener of the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland, at Edinburgh University. His previous publications include Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Stateless Nation, also published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 The fall and rise of nationalism 2 Tribe, place and identity:
ethnicity and nationalism 3 Inventing the past: history and nationalism 4
'Devils at his back': nationalism and Ernest Gellner 5 Nation as state:
nationalism and state-building 6 Dialectic with the other: liberation
nationalism in the twentieth century 7 In and out of the state: the rise
and rise of neo-nationalism 8 The unforeseen revolution: post-communist
nationalism 9 Nationalism and its futures