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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809653703321

Autore

Marx Anthony W.

Titolo

Faith in nation : exclusionary origins of nationalism / / Anthony W. Marx

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

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 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

320.54/094

320.54

Soggetti

Nationalism

Political science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 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

This text exposes the hidden underside of Western nationalism. It explains how the modern era saw a change from local to national power consolidated by religion and undermines the distinction between a tolerant Western nationalism and an intolerant oriental nationalism.