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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Liah Greenfeld |
| ISBN: | 0674603192 9780674603196 0674603184 9780674603189 |
| OCLC Number: | 442253334 |
| Description: | XII, 581 str. ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Part 1 God's firstborn - England: reflection of the national consciousness in discourse and sentiment; the new aristocracy, the new monarchy, and the protestant reformation; the English Bible, the bloody regiment of Queen Mary, and the burning matter of dignity; England as God's peculiar people, and the token of his love; the sound of their voices; the changing position of the crown and religion in the national consciousness; a land of experimental knowledge. Part 2 The three identities of France: the development of pre-National French identity; France - a church, and the faith of the "Fleur de Lys"; heresy and its child; the king and his state; the social bases of the nationalization of French identity and the character of the nascent national consciousness; turns of the social wheel - the plight of the French aristocracy; the perilous escape - redefinition and reorganization of the "Noblesse"; the birth of the French nation; nation, the supreme being; competition with England and "Ressentiment"; a note on non-elite nationalism. Part 3 The scythian Rome/Russia: "Perestroika" in the eighteenth century; the cisis of the nobility; the west and "ressentiment"; the laying of the foundations; transvaluation of values - the crystallization of the matrix of Russian nationalism; the two-headed eagle. Part 4 The final solution of infinite longing - Germany: the setting; the conception and miscarriage of nationalism in the 16th century; the early evolution of the concept of the state; the insouciance of German nobility prior to the 19th century; "Bildungsburgertum" - the dangerous class; the birth of the spirit - the preparation of the mould for the German national consciousness; "Aufklarung"; pietism; romanticism; the materialization of the spirit; the impact of the French Revolution; the birth of German nationalism; the finishing touch - "Ressentiment"; the twin blossoms of the blue flower. Part 5 In pursuit of the ideal nation - the unfolding of nationality in America: America as a New England; the separation; a union begun by necessity; the tug-of-war - the persisting threat of secession and the development of national unity; inconsistencies and tensions; the trial and completion of American nationality. |
| Responsibility: | Liah Greenfeld. |
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A comprehensive, erudite and highly illuminating book. -- John Gray "New York Times Book Review" An exhilarating, ambitious, and thoughtful study...Greenfeld's analysis allows one to see just what is wrong with that strain of liberal thinking that views nationalism as a form of atavism. -- Michael Ignatieff "New Republic" With great erudition, Ms. Greenfeld traces the rise of nationalism in five countries--England, France, Russia, Germany and the United States--through the prism of sociological history...This book is a great contribution to understanding nationalism's place in the world. Greenfeld displays near-encyclopedic knowledge of the culture and history of various countries; her enterprise is not just impressive, it is heroic...In this age of specialization, it is refreshing to come across a new book that attempts "to understand the world in which we live." For having tackled an enterprise of such magnitude and complexity, the author deserves our admiration. -- Walter Laqueur "Washington Post Book World" Read more...
