RT Book
T1 Nations: the long history and deep roots of political ethnicity and nationalism
A1 Gat, ʿAzar 1959-
A2 Yaʿaḳovson, Aleksander 1959-
A2 Ya'aqovsôn, Aleksander
LA English
PP Cambridge u.a.
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2013
ED 1. publ.
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/721062962
AB "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"--
NO Includes bibliogr. references and index
CN JC311
SN 9781107007857
SN 9781107400023
K1 Nationalism
K1 Ethnicity : Political aspects
K1 Bibliografie