Historical Narratives and the Meaning of Nationalism

Journal of the History of Ideas

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 525-544

  Kramer, Lloyd ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/3653913     Document Type: Review

References (58)

1. 2), 4.
2. Peter Sahlins, Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees (Berkeley, 1989), 270-71; and see Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay (eds.), Questions of Cultural Identity (London, 1996).
3. Peter Sahlins, Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees (Berkeley, 1989), 270-71; and see Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay (eds.), Questions of Cultural Identity (London, 1996).
4. A comprehensive survey of nationalisms throughout the world can be found in Hugh Seton-Watson, Nations and States: An Enquiry into the Origins of Nations and the Politics of Nationalism (Boulder, 1977); and see Geoff Eley and Ronald Grigor Suny, "From the Moment of Social History to the Work of Cultural Representation," in their edited collection, Becoming National: A Reader (Oxford, 1996), 3-37.
5. A comprehensive survey of nationalisms throughout the world can be found in Hugh Seton-Watson, Nations and States: An Enquiry into the Origins of Nations and the Politics of Nationalism (Boulder, 1977); and see Geoff Eley and Ronald Grigor Suny, "From the Moment of Social History to the Work of Cultural Representation," in their edited collection, Becoming National: A Reader (Oxford, 1996), 3-37.
6. Liah Greenfeld, Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity (Cambridge, Mass., 1992), 18.
7. Hans Kohn, The Idea of Nationalism: A Study in its Origins and Background (New York, 1944), 10.
8. Ibid., 237.
9. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (London, 1983; rev. ed., 1991), 15, 49; citations from the first edition; and see Eric Hobsbawm and Terrence Ranger (eds.), The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge, 1983), and John R. Gillis (ed.), Commemorations: The Politics of National Identity (Princeton, 1994).
10. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (London, 1983; rev. ed., 1991), 15, 49; citations from the first edition; and see Eric Hobsbawm and Terrence Ranger (eds.), The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge, 1983), and John R. Gillis (ed.), Commemorations: The Politics of National Identity (Princeton, 1994).
11. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (London, 1983; rev. ed., 1991), 15, 49; citations from the first edition; and see Eric Hobsbawm and Terrence Ranger (eds.), The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge, 1983), and John R. Gillis (ed.), Commemorations: The Politics of National Identity (Princeton, 1994).
12. Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism (Ithaca, 1983), 27-29, 35, 38, 48-49; quotation on 35.
13. E. J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality (Cambridge, 1990), 28-29, 38-41, 122.
14. Greenfeld, Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity, 15-16, 153-54, 186, 250, 265, 358-59 (quotation on last pages).
15. For a typical summary of the French Revolution's influence on nationalism, see Carlton J. H. Hayes, "The Rise of Nationalism," in his book Essays on Nationalism (1926; New York, 1966), 46-48.
16. Linda Colley, Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 (New Haven, 1992), 319.
17. Ernest Renan, "What is a Nation?" [1882] trans. Martin Thom, in Homi K. Bhabha (ed.), Nation and Narration (New York, 1990), 11, 19.
18. Hayes, "Nationalism as a Religion," in Essays on Nationalism, 104-5; for his discussion of the "religious sense" and the Enlightenment, see ibid., 95-100.
19. Hayes, "Nationalism as a Religion," in Essays on Nationalism, 104-5; for his discussion of the "religious sense" and the Enlightenment, see ibid., 95-100.
20. Ibid., 106.
21. Ibid., 119-23. See also Salo Wittmayer Baron, Modern Nationalism and Religion (New York, 1947), Conor Cruise O'Brien, God Land: Reflections on Religion and Nationalism (Cambridge, Mass., 1988), and William R. Hutchison and Hartmut Lehmann (eds.), Many are Chosen: Divine Election and Western Nationalism (Minneapolis, 1994).
22. Ibid., 119-23. See also Salo Wittmayer Baron, Modern Nationalism and Religion (New York, 1947), Conor Cruise O'Brien, God Land: Reflections on Religion and Nationalism (Cambridge, Mass., 1988), and William R. Hutchison and Hartmut Lehmann (eds.), Many are Chosen: Divine Election and Western Nationalism (Minneapolis, 1994).
23. Ibid., 119-23. See also Salo Wittmayer Baron, Modern Nationalism and Religion (New York, 1947), Conor Cruise O'Brien, God Land: Reflections on Religion and Nationalism (Cambridge, Mass., 1988), and William R. Hutchison and Hartmut Lehmann (eds.), Many are Chosen: Divine Election and Western Nationalism (Minneapolis, 1994).
24. Ibid., 119-23. See also Salo Wittmayer Baron, Modern Nationalism and Religion (New York, 1947), Conor Cruise O'Brien, God Land: Reflections on Religion and Nationalism (Cambridge, Mass., 1988), and William R. Hutchison and Hartmut Lehmann (eds.), Many are Chosen: Divine Election and Western Nationalism (Minneapolis, 1994).
25. 2), 71; citation from the first edition.
26. Deutsch notes the role of elites in ibid., 75-78.
27. Anderson, Imagined Communities, 15.
28. Ibid., 127.
29. 4), 42, 65; citations from fourth ed. Other key themes of the argument are in ibid., 23, 35-40, 58-59, 62-63.
30. 4), 42, 65; citations from fourth ed. Other key themes of the argument are in ibid., 23, 35-40, 58-59, 62-63.
31. Ibid., 77-85.
32. Homi K. Bhabha, "Introduction: Narrating the Nation," in Bhabha (ed.), Nation and Narration, 1; and see my review essay, "Nations as Texts: Literary Theory and the History of Nationalism," The Maryland Historian, 24 (1993), 71-82.
33. Homi K. Bhabha, "Introduction: Narrating the Nation," in Bhabha (ed.), Nation and Narration, 1; and see my review essay, "Nations as Texts: Literary Theory and the History of Nationalism," The Maryland Historian, 24 (1993), 71-82.
34. Homi K. Bhabha, "DissemiNation: Time, Narrative, and the Margins of the Modern Nation," in Bhabha (ed.), Nation and Narration, 299, and also The Location of Culture (London, 1994).
35. Homi K. Bhabha, "DissemiNation: Time, Narrative, and the Margins of the Modern Nation," in Bhabha (ed.), Nation and Narration, 299, and also The Location of Culture (London, 1994).
36. Partha Chatterjee, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? (London, 1986), 30; see also 37-38, and The Nation and Its Fragments: Studies in Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories (Princeton, 1993). See also Peter Hulme and Francis Barker (eds.), Colonial Discourse/Post-Colonial Theory (Manchester, 1994).
37. Partha Chatterjee, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? (London, 1986), 30; see also 37-38, and The Nation and Its Fragments: Studies in Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories (Princeton, 1993). See also Peter Hulme and Francis Barker (eds.), Colonial Discourse/Post-Colonial Theory (Manchester, 1994).
38. Partha Chatterjee, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? (London, 1986), 30; see also 37-38, and The Nation and Its Fragments: Studies in Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories (Princeton, 1993). See also Peter Hulme and Francis Barker (eds.), Colonial Discourse/Post-Colonial Theory (Manchester, 1994).
39. George Mosse, Nationalism and Sexuality: Respectability and Abnormal Sexuality in Modern Europe (New York, 1985), 9.
40. Ibid., 64.
41. Ibid., 31.
42. Ibid., 80, 134, 138, 147, 151.
43. Andrew Parker, Mary Russo, Doris Sommer, and Patricia Yaeger, "Introduction," in Parker, et al. (eds.), Nationalisms and Sexualities (New York, 1992), 5.
44. Lee Edelman, "Tearooms and Sympathy, or, The Epistemology of the Water Closet," in ibid., 268-69. See also Anne McClintock, Imperial Leather: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest (New York, 1995), esp. 352-89.
45. Lee Edelman, "Tearooms and Sympathy, or, The Epistemology of the Water Closet," in ibid., 268-69. See also Anne McClintock, Imperial Leather: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest (New York, 1995), esp. 352-89.
46. Anthony D. Smith, Theories of Nationalism (1971; New York, 1983), xxxi-xxxii; citations from the preface to the second edition; and see Smith, The Ethnic Revival (Cambridge, 1981); The Ethnic Origins of Nations (Oxford, 1986); and National Identity (London, 1991).
47. Anthony D. Smith, Theories of Nationalism (1971; New York, 1983), xxxi-xxxii; citations from the preface to the second edition; and see Smith, The Ethnic Revival (Cambridge, 1981); The Ethnic Origins of Nations (Oxford, 1986); and National Identity (London, 1991).
48. Anthony D. Smith, Theories of Nationalism (1971; New York, 1983), xxxi-xxxii; citations from the preface to the second edition; and see Smith, The Ethnic Revival (Cambridge, 1981); The Ethnic Origins of Nations (Oxford, 1986); and National Identity (London, 1991).
49. Anthony D. Smith, Theories of Nationalism (1971; New York, 1983), xxxi-xxxii; citations from the preface to the second edition; and see Smith, The Ethnic Revival (Cambridge, 1981); The Ethnic Origins of Nations (Oxford, 1986); and National Identity (London, 1991).
50. Smith, Theories of Nationalism, xxxvi, 231-54.
51. Friedrich Meinecke, Cosmopolitanism and the National State, trans. Robert B. Kimer (Princeton, 1970), 10.
52. Kohn, The Idea of Nationalism, 330, 351.
53. John Plamenatz, "Two Types of Nationalism," in Eugene Kamenka (ed.), Nationalism: The Nature and Evolution of an Idea (New York, 1976), 27, 29-31.
54. Alter, Nationalism, 19-23, 26-27; quotation, 26.
55. Rogers Brubaker, Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany (Cambridge, Mass., 1992), 1, 14, 72, 111-13, 115, 119, 177-78, and K. Steven Vincent, "National Consciousness, Nationalism, and Exclusion: Reflections on the French Case," Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques, 19 (1993), 433-49.
56. Rogers Brubaker, Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany (Cambridge, Mass., 1992), 1, 14, 72, 111-13, 115, 119, 177-78, and K. Steven Vincent, "National Consciousness, Nationalism, and Exclusion: Reflections on the French Case," Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques, 19 (1993), 433-49.
57. Greenfeld, Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity, 348-49; and on other nationalisms cf. 31, 79, 86, 167-68, 256, 261, 409, 420, 449, 476, 484.
58. Ibid., 384; see, also, 387-95.