Nationalism and Modernism - Paperback

by Anthony D. Smith (Author), Anthony Smith (Author)

Explores the essential arguments of all the major theoretical interpretations of nationalism, from the modernist approaches of Gellner to the alternative paradigms of Geertz and Smith.

Author Biography

Anthony D. Smith is Professor of Ethnicity and Nationalism in the European Institute at the London School of Economics. He is the celebrated author of Theories of Nationalism (1971, 1983), The Ethnic Origins of Nations (1986), National Identity (1991) and Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era (1995)