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The Construction of Nationhood: Ethnicity, Religion and Nationalism

By Adrian Hastings

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0521625440, 9780521625449
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5961305 bytes)
Series
The Wiles Lectures
Pages
248\247
Time added
2021-11-04 02:38:29

Description

This interdisciplinary book straddles the fields of history, politics, religion and sociology, and medieval and modern history. Its importance lies in its contribution to arguments about the meaning and origin of nationalism, ethnicity and nationhood, and in challenging the widely-accepted modernist theories of Eric Hobsbawm, Benedict Anderson and others. Its argument incorporates careful analysis of English, Irish, South Slav and African examples, and suggests finally an important contract between Christianity and Islam. Contents Preface 1 The nation and nationalism 2 England as prototype 3 England’s western neighbours 4 Western Europe 5 The South Slavs 6 Some African case studies 7 Ethnicity further considered 8 Religion further considered Notes Index

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