1. The Modernity of Nationalism -- 2. Multiple Modernities and Nationalism: Theoretical Exploration -- 3. The Anglo-British Case: the Archetype? -- 4. The Finnish Case: Late Modernity at the Edge of Europe -- 5. The Japanese Case: Non-European Modernity and Nationalism -- 6. Multiple Modernities and Nationalism Revisited
Summary
"Nationalism and Multiple Modernities: Europe and Beyond" explores new horizons in the study of nationalism by examining the modernity of nationalism with the theory of multiple modernities. The theory of multiple modernities has triggered a renewed debate on modernity by proposing a non-Western centric approach to the study of modernity. The volume applies the concept of multiple modernities to the study of nationalism and proposes a reformulation of nationalism as a form of cultural programmes that reflects enhanced human reflexivity. Three cases -- Anglo-British, Finnish and Japanese -- are investigated to examine the ways in which nationalism embodies an exercise of human agency. The volume commends the human-agency centred approach to nationalism as a way of avoiding Western-centricity in a social scientific investigation. Based on its examination of the three cases the volume suggests new directions in research into the relationship between nationalism and religion, non-Western cases of nationalism and 'Europe' as a cosmopolitan orientation
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-139) and index
