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Foundations of National Identity

From Catalonia to Europe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

AvJosep R. Llobera

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Since it emergence in the 19th century in response to feudalism, nationalism has been a mixed blessing. Originally seen as a positive force, often enough it has resulted in warfare and persecution of minorities, so much so that, over time, it has been considered a social evil whose apparent decline has been greeted as a positive development. The author disputes this or rather, he maintains that the picture that emerges is more complex: nationalism is not disappearing but has taken on a different form. What we are experiencing is an increasing autonomy of ethnonations, i.e. nations without a state, in the wake of a weakening of the multinational states and the transfer of their sovereignty upwards, in the case of Europe to the federation of the European Union, and downwards to the "ethnonations."Catalonia is the major case study in this book but it is embedded in a comprehensive theoretical framework as well as the historical and contemporary reality of Europe, opening up a new perspective. The author, one of the foremost scholars in this field, brilliantly succeeds in developing an original, clear and comprehensive vision of nationalism that is accessible to a wide readership.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2004-11-18
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt426 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Directions in Anthropology
Antal sidor226
FörlagBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN9781571816122

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PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. The Building-blocks of Nationhood. A Theoretical Approach to CataloniaChapter 2. National Sentiments as the Ultimate Reality. A Comparison between Catalonia and PolandChapter 3. What's in a Name? Kinship, Religion and Territory in the Making of Catalan National IdentityChapter 4. National Character: Myth and Reality. The Case of CataloniaChapter 5. God Giveth Them Glory, for They Speaketh the Native Tongue. Case Studies of French and EnglishChapter 6. The Stuff that Culture is Made of. From the National to the GlobalChapter 7. Distant Splendours, Latter-day Miseries: the Role of Historical Memory in CataloniaChapter 8. Does Nationalism Lead Inevitably to Conflict and Violence? The Role of Political Elites in CataloniaChapter 9. The Future of Nations in a United Europe. A Comparison between Spain and the United KingdomChapter 10. Explaining National Identity: a Theoretical ClosureBibliographyIndex

“Josep Llobera’s new book is an untypical addition to the literature on nationalism. A Catalan anthropologist writing about Catalonia and Europe, Llobera is analytical and engaged in about equal measures, exploring new opportunities for national identities within the emerging structural framework of the European Union…Llobera’s engaged and original book is a welcome addition to the macro-anthropology of European nationalisms, raising old questions with a new twist and combining, surprisingly successfully, the roles of anthropologist and national chronicler.” · JRAI