Nationalism

Preface vii Introduction 1 1 Concepts 5 The Meanings of Nationalism 5 Definitions 9 2 Ideologies 24 Fundamental Ideals 27 Core Concepts 31 Nationalism as Culture and Religion 36 Voluntarism and Organicism 39 ‘Ethnic’ and ‘Civic’ Nationalisms 42 3 Paradigms 47 Modernism 49 Perennialism 53 Primordialism 55 Ethno-symbolism 60 Conclusion 63 4 Theories 66 Ideology and Industrialism 66 Reason and Emotion 72 Politics and Culture 77 Elites and Everyday Nationalism 82 Construction and Reinterpretation 85 Conclusion 93 5 Histories 95 ‘Great Nations’, Small Ethnies 96 Nations Before Nationalism 100 Nations in Antiquity? 110 Nations in History: An Alternative View 115 Conclusion 125 6 Prospects 129 Proliferating Nationalism 129 The Demise of the Nation-state? 132 Hybrid Identities? 136 The Dissolution of Nationalism? 139 The Consumer Society 141 Global Culture? 143 Internationalizing Nationalism 146 Uneven Ethno-histories 150 Sacred Foundations 153 Conclusion 157 Notes 159 Appendix 172 References 177 Index 197