Acknowledgements viii
1. The Salience of Nationalism 1
2. Group Solidarities before the Nation-State 20
3. The Birth and Expansion of Nationalisms 55
4. Nationalist Ideologies and Violence 89
5. The Omnipotence of Triviality 120
6. Beyond National Identity 155
7. The Future of Nationalisms 180
Notes 199
Bibliography 208
Index 229
Sinisa Malesevic is professor of sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
"The book is an excellent, theoretically sophisticated yet
eminently readable piece of literature, stimulating reflection and
causing surprise with the non-obviousness of the reader’s own
deeply internalised convictions." (Social Space) "Highly
recommended" (Choice) "Nation-states and nationalism remain hotly
contested topics. What are they and where do they come from?
Malesevic's approach is both original and arresting: to stress not
culture or biological descent but organization, ideology, and
transformations of solidarity. This casts the debate in a novel
form, and is bound to give this book a wide and attentive
readership."
—Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia "Theoretically sophisticated
yet eminently readable, this book provides an excellent
introduction to the study of nationhood and nationalism."
—Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles
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