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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

by Benedict Anderson

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TitleImagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
AuthorBenedict Anderson
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Tagsnonfic, politics 
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Your reviewThis book was something of a difficult read. Anderson does his best, though-- he's actually quite good at clearly separating and enumerating multiple points. There's some great ideas in here, too, about what constitutes a nation, where nations came from, what cultural artifacts constitute a nation, and so on; he attributes nations to the rise of what he calls "print capitalism" as well as the collapse of a universal Catholic Church, among other things. I suppose what makes it inaccessible at times is the supporting data, which often derives from the South Pacific and other areas where I lack historical context and knowledge. Anderson has great ideas, but I feel like they get lost within the book-- discussing it with others and drawing these ideas out is highly recommended. Or, you can just read the chapter of Jonathan Culler's The Literary in Theory where he essentially summarizes the whole book for you. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the book was the food for thought it provides about what comes after the nation-- Anderson doesn't really discuss this at all, but you can't help thinking about it and wondering...
PublicationVerso (2006), Edition: Revised, Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date2006
ISBN1844670864 / 9781844670864
LC classificationJC311 .A656
Dewey320.54
Subjects
Cultural identity
History
Imperialism
Language
Nationalism
Nationalism › History
Date acquired2008-08-01
Date finished2008-10-01
SummaryImagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson (2006)
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