Synopses & Reviews
In this sixtieth anniversary edition of The Idea of Nationalism, Craig Calhoun probes the work of Hans Kohn and the world that fi rst brought prominence to this unparalleled defense of the national ideal in the modern West. At its publication, Saturday Review called it an enduring and defi nitive treatise.... Kohn] has written a book which is less a history of nationalism than it is a history of Western civilization from the standpoint of the national idea. This edition includes an extensive new introduction by Craig Calhoun, which in itself is a substantial contribution to the history of ideas.
Synopsis
This edition of The Idea of Nationalism includes an extensive new introduction by Craig Calhoun, which in itself is a substantial contribution to the history of ideas. Kohns original work comprehensively analyes the rise of nationalism, the ideas content, and its worldwide implications from the days of Hebrew and Greek antiquity to the eve of the French Revolution. Within the text, Kohn argues that the age of nationalism represents the first period of universal history. Civiliations and continents are brought into ever closer contact; popular participation in politics is enormously increased; and the secular state is ever more significant.