Anthony D. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Nationalism and
Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one
of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationalism
studies. Anthony Smith has developed an approach to the study of
nations and nationalism called ethno-symbolism, which is concerned
with the nature of ethnic groups and nations, and the need to
consider their symbolic dimensions.
This text provides a concise statement of an ethno-symbolic
approach to the study of nations and nationalism and at the same
time, embodies a general statement of Anthony Smith s contribution
to this approach and its application to the central issues of
nations and nationalism. The text:
- sets out the theoretical background of the emergence of
ethno-symbolism in a sustained and systematic argument
- explains its analysis of the formation of nations, their
persistence and change and the role of nationalism
- demonstrates that an ethno-symbolic approach provides an
important supplement and corrective to past and present
intellectual orthodoxies in the field and addresses the main
theoretical criticisms levelled at an ethno-symbolic approach.
Drawing together and developing earlier brief resumes of Anthony
Smith s approach, this book represents a summary of the theoretical
aspects of his work in the field since l986. It will be useful to
students and to all those who are interested in the issues raised
by a study of ethnicity, nations and nationalism.
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