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Nationalism and War (Hardcover)
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Nationalism and War (Hardcover)
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This interdisciplinary book is the first systematic study of the
relationship between nationalism and war and, as such, makes an
original contribution to theories of nationalism and state
formation. It offers a dynamic and interactive framework by which
to understand the role of warfare in its changing manifestations in
the rise of nation-states, the formation of national communities,
definitions of political rights and duties, and the transformation
from a world of empires to one of nation states. Nationalism and
War scrutinizes existing approaches that view both nations and
nationalism as recent products of martial state-building that began
with the military revolutions in Europe, and argues that
nationalism and national communities emerged independently in the
Middle Ages to shape both war-making and state-building. This book
also explores the connection between war commemoration and the
creation of nations as sacralized communities that offer meaning
and purpose to a world marked by unpredictable change. It shows how
nationalist military revolutions led to the downfall of Empires in
total war and the mass production of postcolonial nation states.
But problems of security have also inspired recurring patterns of
re-imperialization. This book refutes claims that we are now in a
global and post-national era where traumatic accounts have replaced
the heroic narratives that once sustained nation-states. Finally,
it appraises approaches that claim there is an inherent connection
between nationalism and collective violence, arguing such
connections are largely contingent.
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