Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme expressions of nationalism, the author turns his attention to the everyday, less visible forms which are neither exotic or remote, he describes as 'banal nationalism'. The author asks why people do not f...(展开全部)

Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme expressions of nationalism, the author turns his attention to the everyday, less visible forms which are neither exotic or remote, he describes as 'banal nationalism'. The author asks why people do not f...(展开全部)

Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme expressions of nationalism, the author turns his attention to the everyday, less visible forms which are neither exotic or remote, he describes as 'banal nationalism'. The author asks why people do not f...(展开全部)

Margaret Anne (“Moddie”) Yance had just returned to her native land in the Midwestern town of X, to mingle with the friends of her youth, to get back in touch with her roots, and to recover from a stressful decade of living in the city in a small apartment with a man she now believed to be a megalomaniac or perhaps a covert narcissist. So begins Halle Butler's sadistically prec...(展开全部)

This edition of Elie Kedourie's Nationalism brings back into print one of the classic texts of our times. With great elegance and lucidity, the author traces the philosophical foundations of the nationalist doctrine, the conditions which gave rise to it, and the political consequences of its spread in Europe and elsewhere over the past two centuries. As Isaiah Berlin wrote of t...(展开全部)

An indispensable introduction to this timely topic. Nationalism is one of the most pressing of global problems, exacerbating ethnic conflicts and increasing the likelihood of war. It is also basic to defining the rights of democratic citizenship, and can be a source of inspiration and social solidarity. In this fascinating overview, Craig Calhoun considers nationalism’s diverse...(展开全部)

An indispensable introduction to this timely topic. Nationalism is one of the most pressing of global problems, exacerbating ethnic conflicts and increasing the likelihood of war. It is also basic to defining the rights of democratic citizenship, and can be a source of inspiration and social solidarity. In this fascinating overview, Craig Calhoun considers nationalism’s diverse...(展开全部)

罗宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔 Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941 印度孟加拉语诗人、作家、艺术家、社会活动家。生于加尔各答市一个具有深厚文化教养的家庭，父亲是著名的宗教改革家和社会活动家，六个哥哥也均献身于社会改革和文艺复兴运动。泰戈尔自幼厌恶正规学校的教育，靠家庭教育和刻苦自学度过少年时代，1878年去英国学法律，后转入伦敦大学攻读英国文学，研究西方音乐。 泰戈尔童年时代即崭露诗才，他的爱国诗篇《给印度教徒庙会》（1875）发表时，年仅14岁。1880年，19岁的泰戈尔便成为职业作家。1881至1885年，他出版了抒情诗集《暮歌》（1882）、《晨歌》（1883），还有戏剧和小说等作品。这些早期伤品的特点是梦幻多于现实，富于浪漫主义色彩。 90年代是泰戈尔创作的旺盛期，诗集《心中的向往》（...(展开全部)