Walker Connor, Anthony D Smith, Joshua
A. Fishman, John Edwards, William Douglass, Thomas Spira,
Robert J. Kaiser, William Safran, John Stone, John Coakley,
Donald L. Horowitz, Daniele Conversi, and Brendan O'Leary.
Original harback edition.
London: Routledge,
2002 [ISBN: 0415263735]
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"Without Walker Connor's powerfully argued and thought-provoking articles,
the study of nationalism would still be mired in the confusions of terminology
and imprecision of concepts which characterised earlier generations of
scholars in this field. But there is more to Walker Connor's achievement.
He has consistently addressed the deep passion and wide resonance that
the ideal of the nation evokes across the world; and this has led
him to uncover the powerful psychological well-springs of both its homely
beauties and its volcanic terror. It is a measure of that achievement
that, even where we may dissent from some of his conclusions, we can continue
to draw inspiration and wisdom from his clear-sighted and penetrating analyses
of nations and nationalism. "
(Anthony D. Smith, LSE, Ch. 3)
Book description
Nationalism and national identity are too multifaceted and elusive phenomena
to be studied from the perspective of a single academic discipline.
Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World is an unprecedented
effort to surmount this barrier. Contributors represent a broad array
of disciplines: anthropology, comparative politics, geography, history,
linguistics, political science, sociology, social psychology, and international
relations.
The authors are world-renowned authorities both within their respective
disciplines and the field of national identity.Their ranks include the
current editors-in-chief of five of the six leading journals within that
field, as well as the founding editor of the sixth. All contributors
have been authoring landmark pieces on national identity for several years,
many for decades.
With the sole exception of a focal essay by Walker Connor, who coined
the term 'ethnonationalism' and to whom the book is dedicated, none of
the contributions have previously been published. They address the
core issues of identity, including race and identity, race and nation,
ethnicity and nation, language and nation, religion and nation, homelands
and homeland psychology, dating the creation of nations, the primordial
debate, managing ethnic conflict, and the relationship of nationalism to
patriotism.
Advances in International Relations and Global Politics, no. 21 Routledge Research
July 2002: 234x156: 336pp
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'Daniele Conversi is to be warmly congratulated on producing
this edited volume; allowing the contributors too debate with each other,
as it were, around the theme of the primordial roots of the very modern
phenomena of nations an nationalism raises many questions, suggests
some highly relevant answers, and points the way to fruitful new research
on this vital dimensions of social and political life.' (Stephen
Barbour, University of East Anglia) [full review
here]
'In the first book-length treatment of Walker Connor's ideas on nationalism,
the editor Daniele Conversi persuasively argues that, to a lesser or greater
extent, we are all Connorian in our approaches to the study of nationalism.
When we dismiss dogma of economism in explaining nationalism, or insist
that nationalism is inseparably linked to the rise of modernity, or when
we recognize the non-rational side of nationalism - we do so on Connorian
grounds. Hence, Connor is not only a great iconoclast of common approaches
to nationalism, but also a very influential theorist of nationalism in
his own right. This insight is shared by other authors in this deftly edited
collection of essays on Walker Connor and the study of nationalism. They
all agree that Walker Connor's ideas remain highly relevant, and that we
may disagree with Connor, but only at the peril of misinterpreting the
phenomenon of nationalism.'(Dejan Guzina, Center for the Study of
Democracy, Political Studies Review) [full
review here]
'This is truly an excellent book, and certainly a welcomed addition
to ongoing debates about the continuing power of nationalism. It would
be most appropriate in a graduate seminar and to specialists in nationalism
research.' (Jeffrey J. Cormier, Kingís College, University of Western
Ontario, Canadian
Journal of Sociology Online)
Other Reviews:
John D. Brewer (School of Sociology and Social Policy, Queenís University
of Belfast) Ethnic and Racial Studies,,
Volume 28, Number 2, March 2005, pp. 409-410
Tom Gallagher (University of Bradford, UK), Democratization,
Vol.11, No.3, June 2004, pp.159-180
Luis Moreno (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC, Madrid),
Regional
and Federal Studies, Vol.14, No.4, Winter 2004, pp.610-612
* For persistent misspellers:
Walker Connor is not Walker Conner, nor is he Walter Connor (a well-known
specialist in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics).
And, of course, he is certainly not Walter Conner....
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