Nations : The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism - Azar Gat

Nations

The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism

By: Azar Gat, Alexander Yakobson (As told to)

Hardcover | 20 December 2012

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What are the origins of nationalism and why is it capable of arousing such intense emotions? In this major study, Azar Gat counters the prevailing fashionable theories according to which nations and nationalism are modern and contrived or 'invented'. He sweeps across history and around the globe to reveal that ethnicity has always been highly political and that nations and national states have existed since the beginning of statehood millennia ago. He traces the deep roots of ethnicity and nationalism in human nature, showing how culture fits into human evolution from as early as our aboriginal condition and, in conjunction with kinship, defines ethnicity and ethnic allegiances. From the rise of states and empires to the present day, this book sheds new light on the explosive nature of ethnicity and nationalism, as well as on their more liberating and altruistic roles in forging identity and solidarity.
Industry Reviews
'... the book provides a stimulating challenge, in particular in its historiographical survey of premodern nations ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.' P. J. Howe, Choice
'Nations is a stimulating and valuable addition to the canon on nationalism. Gat's work will be valuable for seasoned scholars as well as students prepared to engage deeply with their source material.' Reviews in History (history.ac.uk/reviews)
'Gat's motivation for writing this important book was his 'deep dissatisfaction' with the portrayal of nations and nationalism in much scholarly literature as 'recent and superficial' ...' Jack Snyder, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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