Nations and Nationalisms: A Short Introduction

edited by Kaustav Chakraborty and Krishna Sen

ISBN 10: 9354420567 / ISBN 13: 9789354420566

Published by Orient Blackswan, 2021

About this Item

This volume is a comprehensive introduction to the idea of the nation, and offers a critical engagement with the contending manifestations of nationhood. Nations and Nationalisms provides an exhaustive overview of various theories and theorists of nationalism from classical thinkers such as Marx and Max Weber to contemporary intellectuals like Foucault and Yael Tamir. It contextualises nationalisms by analysing a range of issues such as globalisation, transnationalism, subnationalisms, stateless nationalisms, neo-nationalism and the cyberstate and focuses specifically on the debates on nation-building in India. A separate chapter surveys Indian English fiction's negotiations with nationalism. Drawing on numerous examples from around the world, the book charts the permutations and transformations in the conceptual space of the nation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nations and Nationalisms: A Short Introduction
• Publisher: Orient Blackswan
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9354420567
• ISBN 13: 9789354420566
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume is a comprehensive introduction to the idea of the nation, and offers a critical engagement with the contending manifestations of nationhood. Nations and Nationalisms provides an exhaustive overview of various theories and theorists of nationalism – from classical thinkers such as Marx and Max Weber to contemporary intellectuals like Foucault and Yael Tamir. It contextualises nationalisms by analysing a range of issues – such as globalisation, transnationalism, subnationalisms, stateless nationalisms, neo\-nationalism and the cyberstate – and focuses specifically on the debates on nation\-building in India.\n\nA separate chapter surveys Indian English fiction\x27s negotiations with nationalism. Drawing on numerous examples from around the world, the book charts the permutations and transformations in the conceptual space of the nation.

About the Author

Kaustav Chakraborty is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Southfield College, Darjeeling, West Bengal. His publications include Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India. The editor: Krishna Sen is former Professor and Head of English at the University of Calcutta, and was the Leverhulme Visiting Professor of English at the University of Leeds. Her publications include A Short History of American Literature (Orient BlackSwan 2017).