Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction

by Grosby, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780192840981
• ISBN10: 0192840983
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"Understanding nationalism is central to understanding many of the social conflicts and political disputes that dominate the headlines today. In this compelling Very Short Introduction, Steven Grosby uses examples throughout history, from ancient Israel to the present-day Balkans, to discuss how nations arise from a sense of kinship, territory, history, and shared religion." "Highlighting the social, philosophical, and anthropological perspectives, he asks why nations exist, when they first appeared, and what this divisiveness can tell us about our nature as human beings."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Steven Grosby is Professor of Religion at Clemson University, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of illustrations	p. xi
The problem	p. 1
What is a nation?	p. 7
The nation as social relation	p. 27
Motherland, fatherland, and homeland	p. 43
The nation in history	p. 57
Whose god is mightier?	p. 80
Human divisiveness	p. 98
Conclusion	p. 116
References	p. 121
Further reading	p. 132
Index	p. 135
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