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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449973103321

Autore

Delanty Gerard

Titolo

Nationalism and social theory [[electronic resource] ] : modernity and the recalcitrance of the nation / / Gerard Delanty and Patrick O'Mahony

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2002

ISBN

1-4462-1747-7

1-281-79470-8

9786611794705

1-4129-3183-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

New horizons in sociology

Altri autori (Persone)

O'MahonyPatrick <1957->

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Nationalism

Social sciences - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-200).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Modernity, nationalism and social theory: a general outline; Chapter 2 - Modernity and nationalism: transformation and integration; Chapter 3 - Nationalism and structure; Chapter 4 - Nationalism and culture; Chapter 5 - Nationalism, agency and social change; Chapter 6 - Towards a typology of forms of nationalism; Chapter 7 - The new radical nationalisms: globalization, xenophobia and cultural violence; Chapter 8 - Debating the limits of nationalism: possibilities for postnationalism; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A perennial subject for sociologists, nationalism, the focus of this study, is persistent, not merely because of its specific ideological appeal, but because it expresses some of the major conflicts in Western social development.