Nationalism and the Moral Psychology of Community.

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Author / Creator:Yack, Bernard.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (344 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11150375
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ISBN:9780226944685
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9786613587107
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Nationalism is one of modern history's great surprises. How is it that the nation, a relatively old form of community, has risen to such prominence in an era so strongly identified with the individual? Bernard Yack argues that it is the inadequacy of our understanding of community--and especially the moral psychology that animates it--that has made this question so difficult to answer. Yack develops a broader and more flexible theory of community and shows how to use it in the study of nations and nationalism. What makes nationalism such a powerful and morally problematic force in our lives is t.
Other form:Print version: Yack, Bernard. Nationalism and the Moral Psychology of Community. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2012 9780226944661
Standard no.:9786613587107