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Author Marx, Anthony W.

Title Faith in nation : exclusionary origins of nationalism / Anthony W. Marx.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  320.54 M392F    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.
Summary "Common wisdom has long held that the ascent of the modern nation coincided with the flowering of Enlightenment democracy and the decline of religion, ringing in an age of tolerant, inclusive, liberal states." "Not so, demonstrates Anthony W. Marx in this work of revisionist political history and analysis. In a startling departure from a historical consensus that has dominated views of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx argues that European nationalism emerged two centuries earlier, in the early modern era, as a form of mass political engagement based on religious conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Challenging the self-congratulatory genealogy of civic Western nationalism, Marx shows how state-builders attempted to create a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion and fanatical passions."--Jacket.
Contents History and Arguments -- Amassing State and Gathering Storm -- Founding Exclusions -- Interregnums of Coexistence and State-Building -- Cohesion by Exclusion, Redux from Above -- Superimposing Democratic Inclusion on Forgotten Exclusions -- Angel of History and Patron Saint of Nationalism.
Subject Nationalism -- Philosophy.
Europe -- Religion.
89.22 nationalism. (NL-LeOCL)077608836
Nationalism -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01033845
Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4
Nationalismus (DE-588)4041300-7
Entstehung (DE-588)4156614-2
Nationalisme.
Godsdienst.
Onverdraagzaamheid.
Europa.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0195154827 (alk. paper)
9780195154825 (alk. paper)
9780195182590
0195182596
Standard No. 9780195182590
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