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Foundations of National Identity - From Catalonia to Europe (Paperback)
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Foundations of National Identity - From Catalonia to Europe (Paperback)
Series: New Directions in Anthropology
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."Llobera's engaged and original book is a welcome addition to the
macro-anthropology of European nationalisms, raising old questions
with a new twist and combining, surprisingly successfully, the
roles of anthropologist and national chronicler." . JRAI Since it
emergence in the 19th century in response to feudalism, nationalism
has been a mixed blessing. Originally seen as a positive force,
often enough it has resulted in warfare and persecution of
minorities, so much so that, over time, it has been considered a
social evil whose apparent decline has been greeted as a positive
development. The author disputes this or rather, he maintains that
the picture that emerges is more complex: nationalism is not
disappearing but has taken on a different form. What we are
experiencing is an increasing autonomy of ethnonations, i.e.
nations without a state, in the wake of a weakening of the
multinational states and the transfer of their sovereignty upwards,
in the case of Europe to the federation of the European Union, and
downwards to the ""ethnonations."" Catalonia is the major case
study in this book but it is embedded in a comprehensive
theoretical framework as well as the historical and contemporary
reality of Europe, opening up a new perspective. The author, one of
the foremost scholars in this field, brilliantly succeeds in
developing an original, clear and comprehensive vision of
nationalism that is accessible to a wide readership. Josep R.
Llobera was born in Havana and brought up in Catalonia. He has made
Britain his home since 1969. Since 1996, he has been Visiting
Professor of Anthropology at University College London and at the
Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.
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