Preface, Introduction: The modernist paradigm, 1. The rise of classical modernism, PART I - Varieties of modernism, 2. The culture of industrialism, 3. Capitalism and nationalism, 4. State and nation, 5. Political messianism, 6. Invention and imagination, PART II - Critics and alternatives, 7. Primordialism and perennialism, 8. Ethno-symbolism, 9. Beyond modernism?, Conclusion: problems, paradigms and prospects, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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)
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