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003 DLC
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008 120618s2013 enk b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012025021
020 $a9781107007857 (hardback)
020 $a9781107400023 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC311$b.G44 2013
082 00 $a320.54$223
084 $aHIS037000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGat, Azar.
245 10 $aNations :$bthe long history and deep roots of political ethnicity and nationalism /$cAzar Gat ; with contributions by Alexander Yakobson.
264 1 $aCambridge :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $avi, 441 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"What are the origins of nationalism and why is it capable of arousing such intense emotions? In this major study, Azar Gat counters the prevailing fashionable theories according to which nations and nationalism are modern and contrived or 'invented'. He sweeps across history and around the globe to reveal that ethnicity has always been highly political and that nations and national states have existed since the beginning of statehood millennia ago. He traces the deep roots of ethnicity and nationalism in human nature, showing how culture fits into human evolution from as early as our aboriginal condition and, in conjunction with kinship, defines ethnicity and ethnic allegiances. From the rise of states and empires to the present day, this book sheds new light on the explosive nature of ethnicity and nationalism, as well as on their more liberating and altruistic roles in forging identity and solidarity"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Is nationalism recent and superficial?; 2. The evolution of kin-culture communities; 3. From tribes to statehood; 4. Premodern ethne, peoples, states and nations around the world; 5. Premodern Europe and the national state; 6. Modernity: nationalism released, transformed and enhanced; 7. State, national identity, ethnicity: normative and constitutional aspects; Conclusion.
650 0 $aNationalism.
650 0 $aEthnicity$xPolitical aspects.
650 7 $aHISTORY / World.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aYakobson, Alexander.