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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783674803321

Autore

Marx Anthony W

Titolo

Faith in nation [[electronic resource] ] : exclusionary origins of nationalism / / Anthony W. Marx

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-19-773332-8

0-19-029296-2

9786610502295

1-280-50229-0

1-4237-2642-1

1-282-36740-4

9786612367403

0-19-803528-4

1-4237-4041-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

320.54/094

Soggetti

Nationalism - Philosophy

Europe Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. History and Arguments -- 2. Amassing State and Gathering Storm -- 3. Founding Exclusions -- 4. Interregnums of Coexistence and State-Building -- 5. Cohesion by Exclusion, Redux from Above -- 6. Superimposing Democratic Inclusion on Forgotten Exclusions -- 7. Angel of History and Patron Saint of Nationalism.

Sommario/riassunto

"In a startling departure from a historical consensus that has dominated views of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx argues that European nationalism emerged ... in the early modern era, as a form of mass political engagement based on religious conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Challenging the self-congratulatory genealogy of civic Western nationalism, Marx shows how state-builders attempted to create a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to



central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion and fanatical passions."