The Sociology of Nationalism: Tomorrow's Ancestors / Edition 1

by David McCrone

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415114608
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/20/1998
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

What People are Saying About This

John Hall

"It is marvellously lucid." -- McGill University, Canada

Editorial Reviews

'...an impressive and extensively annotated bibliography or collection of reviews...this mostly theoretical survey contains some fascinating empirical material.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

From the Publisher

Having previously written of Scotland as a stateless nation, McCrone (sociology, Edinburgh U.) here lays out the key issues and debates around nationalism that are usually obscured by the political polemic of debates. He argues that nationalism operates as a vehicle for varied social and economic interests, and so cannot be categorized simply as an ideology of the right or left. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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