Nation formation : towards a theory of abstract community /

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Author / Creator:James, Paul.
Imprint:London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1996.
Description:xv, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Politics and culture
Politics and culture (London, England)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2467080
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ISBN:0761950729
0761950737 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Old and New Lines of Understanding
  • The Nation as an Abstract Community
  • National Formation in Theory
  • Part 2. Classical Theory
  • Marx and Engels
  • 'Seeing through the Veil?'
  • Durkheim and Weber
  • The Antinomies of Abstract Nationalism
  • Part 3. Contemporary Theory
  • National Formation and the Janus Faces of History
  • A Critique of Marxism
  • Nation Formation and the 'Rise of the Cultural'
  • A Critique of Liberal Sociology
  • Nation Formation and the Instituting State
  • A Critique of Structuration
  • Themes for a Theory of the Nation