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Imagined Communities : Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

by Benedict Anderson
Imagined Communities : Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism - Thryft
Imagined Communities : Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism - Thryft

Belonging to a nation is an illusion.

Recommended for those interested in nationalism and identity. This book provides insights into the creation and function of "imagined communities" of nationality. The author examines the interaction between capitalism and printing, the growth of the nation-state, and the birth of vernacular languages during the early modern period.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Imagined Communities : Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

by Benedict Anderson
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ISBN: 9781844670864
Authors: Benedict Anderson
Publisher: Verso
Date of Publication: 2006-11-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, History, Sociology, Philosophy
Related Topics: Theory, History, Political Science, Sociology, Politics, Anthropology, Politics, History, Theory, History
Goodreads rating: 4.12
(rated by 14430 readers)

Description

This “sparkling” and world-famous work examines what drives people to live, die, and kill in the name of nations—revealing the surprising origins and development of nationalism (The Guardian)The full magnitude of Benedict Anderson’s intellectual achievement is still being appreciated and debated. Imagined Communities remains the most influential book on the origins of nationalism, filling the vacuum that previously existed in the traditions of Western thought. Cited more often than any other single English-language work in the human sciences, it is read around the world in more than thirty translations.Written with exemplary clarity, this illuminating study traces the emergence of community as an idea to South America, rather than to nineteenth-century Europe. Later, this sense of belonging was formed and reformulated at every level, from high politics to popular culture, through print, literature, maps and museums. Following the rise and conflict of nations and the decline of empires, Anderson draws on examples from South East Asia, Latin America and Europe’s recent past to show how nationalism shaped the modern world.
 

Belonging to a nation is an illusion.

Recommended for those interested in nationalism and identity. This book provides insights into the creation and function of "imagined communities" of nationality. The author examines the interaction between capitalism and printing, the growth of the nation-state, and the birth of vernacular languages during the early modern period.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.