Faith in nation [electronic resource] : exclusionary origins of nationalism / Anthony W. Marx.

Faith in nation [electronic resource] : exclusionary origins of nationalism / Anthony W. Marx.

0195182596
0195154827 (cloth : alk. paper)

New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

English

xiii, 258 p.

JC311 .M3465 2003eb

320.54/094

"In a startling departure from a historical consensus that has dominated views of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx argues that European nationalism emerged ... in the early modern era, as a form of mass political engagement based on religious conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Challenging the self-congratulatory genealogy of civic Western nationalism, Marx shows how state-builders attempted to create a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion and fanatical passions."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and index.

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