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Publication
Wiley-Blackwell (1993), Edition: 4, 176 pages
Description
This edition of Elie Kedourie's Nationalism brings back intoprint one of the classic texts of our times. With great eleganceand lucidity, the author traces the philosophical foundations ofthe nationalist doctrine, the conditions which gave rise to it, andthe political consequences of its spread in Europe and elsewhereover the past two centuries. As Isaiah Berlin wrote of the originaledition, "Kedourie's account of these ideas and their effect isexemplary: clear, learned and just." In a new introduction the author reflects upon the origins ofthe book and the relationship of his argument to contemporarynationalist conflicts.
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The conservative demystification of nationalism, by a sage nostalgic of the Old Regime. Well written and interesting, even if he doesn't try to understand the causes of nationalism's rise, and focuses on its intellectual fathers rather than on mass movements. Condescension sometimes blocks
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Original language
English
Physical description
176 p.; 6.07 inches
ISBN
0631188851 / 9780631188858