Faith in Nation

Exclusionary Origins of Nationalism

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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In a startling departure from the unquestioning liberal consensus that has governed discussions of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx exposes the hidden underside of Western nationalism. Arguing that the true history of the nation began two hundred years earlier, in the early modern era, he shows how state builders set about deliberately constructing a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion. Religious intolerance, specifically the exclusion of religious minorities from the nascent state, provided the glue that bound together the remaining populations. Exposing the West's idealization of its exclusionary past, Marx forcefully undermines the distinction between a Western nationalism that is civic and tolerant by definition and an oriental nationalism founded on ethnicity and intolerance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-05-19
Mått159 x 232 x 18 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195182590

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Nationalism inom Samhälle och politik
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"A major addition to the social science literature on nationalism [and] a powerful argument against many of the most celebrated contemporary writers on the subject.... The central point of the book is that nationalism results from a process of exclusion (most other writers have stressed inclusion), and particularly from internal discord over religion.... As both a political scientist and a scrupulous historian, Marx uses this powerful scheme to explain and differentiate events that occurred in Spain, France, and England in the age of domestic religious conflicts. In this remarkable book, it is Saint Bartholomew whom the author proposes as the patron of nationalism. A grim view, but a rich and persuasive argument." Foreign Affairs