"Common wisdom has long held that the ascent of the modern nation coincided with the flowering of Enlightenment democracy and the decline of religion, ringing in an age of tolerant, inclusive, liberal states." "Not so, demonstrates Anthony W. Marx in this work of revisionist political...

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1. Verfasser:	Marx, Anthony W. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2003
Schlagworte:	Godsdienst Nationalisme - Philosophie Nationalisme Onverdraagzaamheid Nationalismus Philosophie Religion Nationalism > Philosophy Geschichte Europe - Religion - Histoire Europa Europe > Religion
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Zusammenfassung:	"Common wisdom has long held that the ascent of the modern nation coincided with the flowering of Enlightenment democracy and the decline of religion, ringing in an age of tolerant, inclusive, liberal states." "Not so, demonstrates Anthony W. Marx in this work of revisionist political history and analysis. In a startling departure from a historical consensus that has dominated views of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx argues that European nationalism emerged two centuries earlier, in the early modern era, as a form of mass political engagement based on religious conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Challenging the self-congratulatory genealogy of civic Western nationalism, Marx shows how state-builders attempted to create a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion and fanatical passions."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Beschreibung:	XIII, 258 S.
ISBN:	9780195182590 0195154827