Nationalism and multiple modernities: Europe and beyond

"Nationalism and Multiple Modernities: Europe and Beyond explores new horizons in the study of nationalism by examining the modernity of nationalism with the theory of multiple modernities. The theory of multiple modernities has triggered a renewed debate on modernity by proposing a non-Western...

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Main Author: Ichijō, Atsuko 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2013
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Identities and modernities in Europe
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Nationalism and Multiple Modernities: Europe and Beyond explores new horizons in the study of nationalism by examining the modernity of nationalism with the theory of multiple modernities. The theory of multiple modernities has triggered a renewed debate on modernity by proposing a non-Western centric approach to the study of modernity. The volume applies the concept of multiple modernities to the study of nationalism and proposes a reformulation of nationalism as a form of cultural programmes that reflects enhanced human reflexivity. Three cases - Anglo-British, Finnish and Japanese - are investigated to examine the ways in which nationalism embodies an exercise of human agency. The volume commends the human-agency centred approach to nationalism as a way of avoiding Western-centricity in a social scientific investigation. Based on its examination of the three cases the volume suggests new directions in research into the relationship between nationalism and religion, non-Western cases of nationalism and 'Europe' as a cosmopolitan orientation"--
Item Description:Machine generated contents note: -- 1. The Modernity of Nationalism -- 2. Multiple Modernities and Nationalism: Theoretical Exploration -- 3. The Anglo-British Case: the Archetype? -- 4. The Finnish Case: Late Modernity at the Edge of Europe -- 5. The Japanese Case: Non-European Modernity and Nationalism -- 6. Multiple Modernities and Nationalism Revisited
Physical Description:VIII, 143 S.

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