Sinisa Malesevic is professor of sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

• Acknowledgements viii1. The Salience of Nationalism 12. Group Solidarities before the Nation-State 203. The Birth and Expansion of Nationalisms 554. Nationalist Ideologies and Violence 895. The Omnipotence of Triviality 1206. Beyond National Identity 1557. The Future of Nationalisms 180Notes 199Bibliography 208Index 229

"The book is an excellent, theoretically sophisticated yet eminently readable piece of literature, stimulating reflection and causing surprise with the non-obviousness of the reader’s own deeply internalised convictions." (Social Space)"Highly recommended" (Choice)"Nation-states and nationalism remain hotly contested topics. What are they and where do they come from? Malesevic's approach is both original and arresting: to stress not culture or biological descent but organization, ideology, and transformations of solidarity. This casts the debate in a novel form, and is bound to give this book a wide and attentive readership."—Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia"Theoretically sophisticated yet eminently readable, this book provides an excellent introduction to the study of nationhood and nationalism."—Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles

Sinisa Malesevic is professor of sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

• Acknowledgements viii1. The Salience of Nationalism 12. Group Solidarities before the Nation-State 203. The Birth and Expansion of Nationalisms 554. Nationalist Ideologies and Violence 895. The Omnipotence of Triviality 1206. Beyond National Identity 1557. The Future of Nationalisms 180Notes 199Bibliography 208Index 229

"The book is an excellent, theoretically sophisticated yet eminently readable piece of literature, stimulating reflection and causing surprise with the non-obviousness of the reader’s own deeply internalised convictions." (Social Space)"Highly recommended" (Choice)"Nation-states and nationalism remain hotly contested topics. What are they and where do they come from? Malesevic's approach is both original and arresting: to stress not culture or biological descent but organization, ideology, and transformations of solidarity. This casts the debate in a novel form, and is bound to give this book a wide and attentive readership."—Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia"Theoretically sophisticated yet eminently readable, this book provides an excellent introduction to the study of nationhood and nationalism."—Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles

Sinisa Malesevic is professor of sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

• Acknowledgements viii1. The Salience of Nationalism 12. Group Solidarities before the Nation-State 203. The Birth and Expansion of Nationalisms 554. Nationalist Ideologies and Violence 895. The Omnipotence of Triviality 1206. Beyond National Identity 1557. The Future of Nationalisms 180Notes 199Bibliography 208Index 229

"The book is an excellent, theoretically sophisticated yet eminently readable piece of literature, stimulating reflection and causing surprise with the non-obviousness of the reader’s own deeply internalised convictions." (Social Space)"Highly recommended" (Choice)"Nation-states and nationalism remain hotly contested topics. What are they and where do they come from? Malesevic's approach is both original and arresting: to stress not culture or biological descent but organization, ideology, and transformations of solidarity. This casts the debate in a novel form, and is bound to give this book a wide and attentive readership."—Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia"Theoretically sophisticated yet eminently readable, this book provides an excellent introduction to the study of nationhood and nationalism."—Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles