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)

艾瑞克‧霍布斯邦 Eric J. Hobsbawm 著名歷史學大師艾瑞克‧霍布斯邦（1917-2012）有著不平凡的一生。他流轉在許多城市間，見證並活過許多二十世紀的關鍵時刻。霍布斯邦在學術上以研究十九世紀為主，並延伸及十七、十八和二十世紀；研究地區則從英國、歐洲，廣至拉丁美洲。除了專業領域，也經常撰寫當代政治、社會評論，以及藝術或文化批評等。有關勞工運動、農民叛變和世界史範疇中的研究成果，霍布斯邦堪稱當代史家的頂尖，影響學界甚巨；而其宏觀通暢的寫作風格，更將敘述史學的魅力擴及至一般平民大眾。

I remain in the curious position of disliking, distrusting, disapproving and fearing nationalism wherever it exists . . . but recognising its enormous force, which must be harnessed for progress if possible. In the last two decades the uses of the term 'nationalism' has increased steeply with the rising tide of nationalist parties. In this collection of historian Eric Hobsbawm'...(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)