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"We need a nation," declared a certain Phillippe Grouvelle in the revolutionary year of 1789, "and the Nation will be born."—from Nationalism
Nationalism, often the scourge, always the basis of modern world politics, is spreading. In a way, all nations are willed into being. But a simple declaration, such as Grouvelle's, is not enough. As historian Liah Greenfeld shows in her new book, a sense of nation—nationalism—is the product of the complex distillation of ideas and beliefs, and the struggles over them.
Greenfeld takes the reader on an intellectual journey through the origins of the concept "nation" and how national consciousness has changed over the centuries. From its emergence in sixteenth century England, nationalism has been behind nearly every significant development in world affairs over succeeding centuries, including the American and French revolutions of the late eighteenth centuries and the authoritarian communism and fascism of the twentieth century. Now it has arrived as a mass phenomenon in China as well as gaining new life in the United States and much of Europe in the guise of populism.
Written by an authority on the subject, Nationalism stresses the contradictory ways of how nationalism has been institutionalized in various places. On the one hand, nationalism has made possible the realities of liberal democracy, human rights, and individual self-determination. On the other hand, nationalism also has brought about authoritarian and racist regimes that negate the individual as an autonomous agent. That tension is all too apparent today.
Nationalism, often the scourge, always the basis of modern world politics, is spreading. In a way, all nations are willed into being. But a simple declaration, such as Grouvelle's, is not enough. As historian Liah Greenfeld shows in her new book, a sense of nation—nationalism—is the product of the complex distillation of ideas and beliefs, and the struggles over them.
Greenfeld takes the reader on an intellectual journey through the origins of the concept "nation" and how national consciousness has changed over the centuries. From its emergence in sixteenth century England, nationalism has been behind nearly every significant development in world affairs over succeeding centuries, including the American and French revolutions of the late eighteenth centuries and the authoritarian communism and fascism of the twentieth century. Now it has arrived as a mass phenomenon in China as well as gaining new life in the United States and much of Europe in the guise of populism.
Written by an authority on the subject, Nationalism stresses the contradictory ways of how nationalism has been institutionalized in various places. On the one hand, nationalism has made possible the realities of liberal democracy, human rights, and individual self-determination. On the other hand, nationalism also has brought about authoritarian and racist regimes that negate the individual as an autonomous agent. That tension is all too apparent today.
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INDEX
Académie des Sciences, 35–36
Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of, 113
Africa: monotheism in, 118; nationalism in, 113–14
Age of Nationalism, 49
Amendola, Giovanni, 108
Anarchists, 110–11
Anti-Semitism, 99, 102–03, 106–08, 112, 133
Aristotle, 4
Asia, nationalism in, 113–14, 133
Athens (ancient), 4–5
Austro-Hungarian Empire, 2
Authoritarian democracies, 86–88, 109, 111
Authority, delegating, 42–43
Autocracy, 66, 72–74, 125
Bible, 5, 19–20
Birth country, nationalism based on, 82–83. See also Collectivist/ethnic nationalism
Bolsheviks in Russia, 125
Brexit, 133–34
Britain. See England
Calvinism, 24
Capitalism, 23–25, 46, 102–04, 106, 127
Catherine II (empress of Russia), 69–72
Catherine of Aragon (queen of England), 20
Change as progress, 55
Charles V (Holy Roman emperor), 20
Charter on Liberty of the Nobility (Russia), 71–72
China and Chinese civilization: absorption of conquering civilizations, 117; capitalism in, 127; communism in, 125–26; cultural integrity of, 2; early regional dominance of, 119–20; elite of, 126–27; and globalization, 117–20, 124–29; Japanese relations, 124–25; monotheistic civilizations vs., 117–21; national consciousness of, 124–26; nationalism in, 125–29; Olympics (2008), 128
Christianity: ancient Rome, effect on, 117; and anti-Semitism, 99; and Bible, 5, 19–20; cultural continuity of, 115–16; on equality, 5–7; forced conversion of Jews and Pagans, 6, 65; Islam, conflict with, 119; and Japanese civilization, 121; predestination and profit from labor, 24; and Protestant Reformation, 19–21, 24; rivalry with and envy of Judaism, 75; social hierarchy within, 7–9; spread of, 117; tolerance of, 6–7
Church Council of Lyon (1274), 16
Civic nationalism. See Collectivist/civic nationalism; Individualistic/civic nationalism
Civilizations as cultural processes, 115–17
Classical learning, English vs. European mastery of, 30
Class struggle, 100, 105
Clement VII (pope), 20
Clergy, 7–8
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 35
Cold War, 88. See also Soviet Union
Collectivism, 103–04, 111
Collectivist/civic nationalism: and authoritarian...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Before Equality
- One. Emergence of Nationalism
- Two. The Launching Site
- Three. Spreading
- Four. The Great Transformation
- Five. Globalization of Nationalism and the Rise of Asia
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index