Ethnonationalism : the quest for understanding
A series of essays which explores the origins and dynamics of the concept of ethnonationalism. The author explains why the phenomenon has been misunderstood by Western policy-makers who consistently underrate its influence and misinterpret its non-rational, passionate qualities
Print Book, English, ©1994
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1994
Aufsatzsammlung
xiii, 234 pages ; 25 cm
9780691087849, 9780691025636, 0691087849, 0691025630
28112837
Ch. 1. The British Intellectual Tradition ("Self-Determination: The New Phase")
Ch. 2. American Scholarship in the Post-World War II Era ("Nation-Building or Nation-Destroying?")
Ch. 3. More Recent Developments ("Ethnonationalism")
Ch. 4. Terminological Chaos ("A Nation Is a Nation, Is a State, Is an Ethnic Group, Is a ... ")
Ch. 5. Illusions of Homogeneity ("Myths of Hemispheric, Continental, Regional, and State Unity")
Ch. 6. The Seductive Lure of Economic Explanations ("Eco- or Ethno-Nationalism?")
Ch. 7. Ahistoricalness: The Case of Western Europe ("Ethnonationalism in the First World: The Present in Historical Perspective")
Ch. 8. Man Is a [R(n)ational] Animal ("Beyond Reason: The Nature of the Ethnonational Bond")
Ch. 9. When Is a Nation? ("From Tribe to Nation?")