{"product_id":"mapping-the-nation-paperback-1","title":"Mapping the Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGopal Balakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBenedict Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eLord Acton\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn nearly two decades since Samuel P. Huntington proposed his influential and troubling 'clash of civilizations' thesis, nationalism has only continued to puzzle and frustrate commentators, policy analysts and political theorists. No consensus exists concerning its identity, genesis or future. Are we reverting to the petty nationalisms of the nineteenth century or evolving into a globalized, supranational world? Has the nation-state outlived its usefulness and exhausted its progressive and emancipatory role? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpening with powerful statements by Lord Acton and Otto Bauer - the classic liberal and socialist positions, respectively - Mapping the Nation presents a wealth of thought on this issue: the debate between Ernest Gellner and Miroslav Hroch; Gopal Balakrishnan's critique of Benedict Anderson's seminal \u003ci\u003eImagined Communities\u003c\/i\u003e; Partha Chatterjee on the limitations of the Enlightenment approach to nationhood; and contributions from Michael Mann, Eric Hobsbawm, Tom Nairn, and J rgen Habermas.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGopal Balakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eDebating \"Empire\"\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Benedict Anderson) \u003ci\u003eMapping the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e editorial board, he teaches Contemporary Theory at the University of California, Santa Cruz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenedict Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is Aaron L. Binenkorp Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. He is editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eIndonesia\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eJava in a Time of Revolution, The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImagined Communities\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, \u003cb\u003eEric Hobsbawm\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than twenty books of history, including \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Extremes\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Mann\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His major works include the prizewinning series \u003ci\u003eThe Sources of Social Power, Volume I: A History of Power from the Beginning to 1760 AD, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVolume II: The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Nairn\u003c\/b\u003e's many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Break-up of Britain, Faces of Nationalism, After Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted Glass\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes for, among others, \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355501576441,"sku":"9781844676507","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xsP9x2qttz9781844676507_0ba29644-0139-4f92-9947-58a68fe247f0.webp?v=1769854101","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mapping-the-nation-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}