Montserrat Guibernau / John Hutchinson (eds.)

History and National Destiny

Ethnosymbolism and Its Critics
Herausgeber: Guibernau, Montserrat; Hutchinson, John

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume celebrates Anthony D. Smith's path-breaking contribution to the study of nations and nationalism. It comprises a series of essays written by academics from the US, UK and Europe, debating various issues concerning Smith's controversial ethnosymbolic approach. In discussing these issues, the contributors also open up new avenues of research. The book will be of value to all those interested in nations, nationalism and ethnicity in current times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 337g
• ISBN-13: 9781405123914
• ISBN-10: 1405123915
• Artikelnr.: 21566550

Autorenporträt

Montserrat Guibernau is Reader in Politics at the Open University and holds a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship. She has previously taught at the universities of Cambridge, Warwick and Barcelona. Her publications include, Nationalisms (Polity, 1996), The Ethnicity Reader (with J. Rex, Polity, 1997), Nations without States (Polity, 1999), Governing European Diversity (2001), Understanding Nationalism (with J. Hutchinson, Polity, 2001) and The Accommodation of National Minorities in Democratic Plural Societies (with A. Gagnon and F. Rocher, 2003). John Hutchinson is Senior Lecturer in Nationalism in Europe in the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science. His key interests are cultural nationalism, Irish nationalism, theories of nationalism, warfare and national identity.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: History and National Destiny: Monterrey Guibernau (Open
University) and John Hutchinson (London School of Economics).
1. Definitions, Periodization and Prospects for the Longue Duree: John A.
Armstrong (retired from University of Wisconsin, Madison).
2. Covenant and Continuity: Ethno-Symbolism and the Myth of Divine
Election: Bruce Cauthen.
3. The Timelessness of Nations: Walker Connor (Middlebury College).
4. Place, Kinship and the Case for Non-Ethnic Nations: Thomas Hylland
Eriksen (University of Oslo).
5. 'Dominant Ethnicity' and the 'Ethnic-Civic' Dichotomy in the Work of A.
D. Smith: Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck College, University of London) and Oliver
Zimmer (University of Durham).
6. Ethnicity and Supra-Ethnicity in Corpus Planning: The Hidden Status
Agenda in Corpus Planning: Joshua A. Fishman (Yeshiva University, New
York).
7. From Ethnic Group Toward the Modern Nation: The Czech Case: Miroslav
Hroch (Charles University Prague).
8. Myth Against Myth: The Nation as Ethnic Overlay: John Hutchinson (London
School of Economics).
9. Anthony D. Smith on Nations and National Identity: A Critical
Assessment: Montserrat Guibernau (Open University).
10. The Ethno-Cultural Roots of National Art: Athena S. Leoussi (University
of Reading).
11. Nationalism and Globalisation: Mary Kaldor.
12. Globalising National States: Stein Tønnesson (historian).
13. History and National Destiny: Responses and Clarifications: Anthony D.
Smith (London School of Economics).
Index.