The Myth Of Nations
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Author |
: Patrick J. Geary |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2003-02-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691114811 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691114811 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Myth of Nations by : Patrick J. Geary
Dismantling nationalist myths about how the nations of Europe were born, this text contrasts them with the actual history of Europe's transformation between the fourth and ninth centuries - the period of grand migrations that nationalists hold dear.
Author |
: Anthony D. Smith |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0198295340 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780198295341 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Myths and Memories of the Nation by : Anthony D. Smith
Nations and nationalism remain powerful phenomena in the contemporary world. Why do they continue to inspire such passion and attachments? Myths and Memories of the Nation explores the roots of nationalism by examining the myths, symbols and memories of the nation through a 'ethno-symbolic'approach. The book reveals the continuing power of myth and memory to mobilise, define and shape people and their destinies. It examines the variety and durability of ethnic attachments and national identities, and assesses the contemporary revival of ethnic conflicts and nationalism. The bookanalyses the depth of ethnic attachments and the persistence of nations to this day.
Author |
: Gérard Bouchard |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2013-05-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136221101 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136221107 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis National Myths by : Gérard Bouchard
Myths are a major, universal sociological mechanism which is still rather poorly understood Demonstrates the relevance and the potential of myths as a research area Provides a timely shift in the usual focus of national studies, which typically centers on ethnicity, immigration, integration, citizenship, cultural diversity and nationalism Demonstrates the nature and the functioning of myths in contemporary societies, as a nexus of meanings that feed identities, memory and utopias Contributions from international authors
Author |
: E. J. Hobsbawm |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2012-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107394469 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107394465 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nations and Nationalism since 1780 by : E. J. Hobsbawm
Nations and Nationalism since 1780 is Eric Hobsbawm's widely acclaimed and highly readable enquiry into the question of nationalism. Events in the late twentieth century in Eastern Europe and the Soviet republics have since reinforced the central importance of nationalism in the history of the political evolution and upheaval. This second edition has been updated in light of those events, with a final chapter addressing the impact of the dramatic changes that have taken place. Also included are additional maps to illustrate nationalities, languages and political divisions across Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Author |
: Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2019-03-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789201482 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789201489 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rampart Nations by : Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya
The “bulwark” or antemurale myth—whereby a region is imagined as a defensive barrier against a dangerous Other—has been a persistent strand in the development of Eastern European nationalisms. While historical studies of the topic have typically focused on clashes and overlaps between sociocultural and religious formations, Rampart Nations delves deeper to uncover the mutual transfers and multi-sided national and interconfessional conflicts that helped to spread bulwark myths through Europe’s eastern periphery over several centuries. Ranging from art history to theology to political science, this volume offers new ways of understanding the political, social, and religious forces that continue to shape identity in Eastern Europe.
Author |
: Richard T. Hughes |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 374 |
Release |
: 2018-09-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252050800 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252050800 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Myths America Lives By by : Richard T. Hughes
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others.
Author |
: Oswaldo de Rivero B. |
Publisher |
: Zed Books |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1856499499 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781856499491 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Myth of Development by : Oswaldo de Rivero B.
In order to prevent increasing social and political disorders, the author argues that many countries with primary production and explosive urban growth will have to abandon dreams of development to adopt a policy of national survival based on the search for water, food, and energy security - and the stabilization of their populations."--BOOK JACKET.
Author |
: Gregory A. Boyd |
Publisher |
: HarperChristian + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2009-05-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780310565918 |
ISBN-13 |
: 031056591X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Myth of a Christian Nation by : Gregory A. Boyd
The church was established to serve the world with Christ-like love, not to rule the world. It is called to look like a corporate Jesus, dying on the cross for those who crucified him, not a religious version of Caesar. It is called to manifest the kingdom of the cross in contrast to the kingdom of the sword. Whenever the church has succeeded in gaining what most American evangelicals are now trying to get – political power – it has been disastrous both for the church and the culture. Whenever the church picks up the sword, it lays down the cross. The present activity of the religious right is destroying the heart and soul of the evangelical church and destroying its unique witness to the world. The church is to have a political voice, but we are to have it the way Jesus had it: by manifesting an alternative to the political, “power over,” way of doing life. We are to transform the world by being willing to suffer for others – exercising “power under,” not by getting our way in society – exercising “power over.”
Author |
: Patrick J. Geary |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 199 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0691090548 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780691090542 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Myth of Nations by : Patrick J. Geary
Modern-day Europeans by the millions proudly trace back their national identities to the Celts, Franks, Gauls, Goths, Huns, or Serbs--or some combination of the various peoples who inhabited, traversed, or pillaged their continent more than a thousand years ago. According to Patrick Geary, this is historical nonsense. The idea that national character is fixed for all time in a simpler, distant past is groundless, he argues in this unflinching reconsideration of European nationhood. Few of the peoples that many Europeans honor as sharing their sense of ''nation'' had comparably homogeneous identities; even the Huns, he points out, were firmly united only under Attila's ten-year reign. Geary dismantles the nationalist myths about how the nations of Europe were born. Through rigorous analysis set in lucid prose, he contrasts the myths with the actual history of Europe's transformation between the fourth and ninth centuries--the period of grand migrations that nationalists hold dear. The nationalist sentiments today increasingly taken for granted in Europe emerged, he argues, only in the nineteenth century. Ironically, this phenomenon was kept alive not just by responsive populations--but by complicit scholars. Ultimately, Geary concludes, the actual formation of European peoples must be seen as an extended process that began in antiquity and continues in the present. The resulting image is a challenge to those who anchor contemporary antagonisms in ancient myths--to those who claim that immigration and tolerance toward minorities despoil ''nationhood.'' As Geary shows, such ideologues--whether Le Pens who champion ''the French people born with the baptism of Clovis in 496'' or Milosevics who cite early Serbian history to claim rebellious regions--know their myths but not their history. The Myth of Nations will be intensely debated by all who understood that a history that does not change, that reduces the complexities of many centuries to a single, eternal moment, isn't history at all.
Author |
: Colin Woodard |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2012-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143122029 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143122029 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Nations by : Colin Woodard
• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who during presidential elections, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape North America According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future. From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard (author of American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good) reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of any hotly contested election in our history.