European Nations

In the history of modern political thought no topics have attracted as much attention as nationalism nation-formation and patriotism. A mass of literature has grown around these vexed issues muddying the waters and a level-headed clarification is long overdue.Rather than adding another theory of nationalism to this maelstrom of ideas Miroslav Hroch has created a remarkable synthesis integrating apparently competing frameworks into a coherent system that tracks the historical genesis of European nations through the sundry paths of the nation-forming processes of the nineteenth century. Combining a comparative perspective on nation-formation with invaluable theoretical insights <i>European Nations</i> is essential for anyone who wants to understand the historical roots of Europe’s current political crisis.