Imagined Communities
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2016
Summary
What are the imagined communities that compel men to kill or to die for an idea of a nation? This notion of nationhood had its origins in the founding of the Americas, but was then adopted and transformed by populist movements in nineteenth-century Europe. It became the rallying cry for anti-Imperialism as well as the abiding explanation for colonialism.
In this scintillating, groundbreaking work of intellectual history, Anderson explores how ideas are formed and reformulated at every…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784786755 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784786756 |
| Author: | Benedict Anderson |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 19mm |
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Sparkling, readable, densely packed. * Guardian *Anderson’s knowledge of a vast range of relevant historical literature is most impressive; his presentation of the gist of it is both masterly and lucid. * New Statesman *A brilliant little book. * Neal Ascherson, The Observer *
About The Author
Benedict Anderson
Benedict Anderson was Aaron L. Binenkorp Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. He was Editor of the journal Indonesia and author of numerous books including A Life Beyond Boundaries, Java in a Time of Revolution, The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World and The Age of Globalization: Anarchists and the Anticolonial Imagination.
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