Nation formation : towards a theory of abstract community /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage,
1996
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| Series: | Politics and culture: a theory, culture & society series / ed. Bryan S. Turner
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Table of Contents:
- Part One:Old and new lines of understanding, 1 The nation as an abstract community, 2 National formation in theory, Part Two: Classical theory, 3 Marx and Engels: seeing through the Veil?, 4 Durkheim and Weber: the antinomies of abstract nationalism, Part Three: contemporary theory, 5 Nation formation and the Janus faces of history: a critique of Marxism, 6 Nation formation and the "Rise of the cultural", 7 Nation formation and the instituting state: a critique of structuration, 8 Themes for a theory of the nation.