| Nation and Identity Contributor(s): Poole, Ross (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415126231 ISBN-13: 9780415126236 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: "Nation and Identity" offers a new and urgently needed analysis of the concept of national identity. Ross Poole shows how the nation became a fundamental organizing principle of social, political and moral life in the period of early modernity, and has been a presupposition of most liberal, republican and democratic theory ever since. Identity is the key to a provocative and original treatment of freedom, citizenship, multiculturalism and the claims of indigenous people. While the centrality of identity is widely assumed, it is rarely as closely examined as in Poole's forceful presentation. A fascinating final chapter exposes the tensions between universalism and particularism in a post-national world. "Nation and Identity" provides a sustained encounter with the most important recent work on nationalism from a number of disciplines. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the central place of nationalism and national identity in the modern world and in coming to terms with their transformation or displacement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.54 |
| LCCN: 99023022 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Series: Ideas |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.48" W x 8.53" (0.55 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nation and Identity provides a concise and comprehensive account of the place of national identity in modern life. Ross Poole argues that the nation became a fundamental organising principle of social, political and moral life during the period of early modernity and that is has provided the organising principle of much liberal, republican and democratic thought. |