The Mosaic Moment: An Early Modernist Critique of Modernist Theories of Nationalism Export

@article{citeulike:5138682, abstract = {doi: 10.1086/210435 Most theorists of nationalism are modernists: they regard nationalism as an essentially modern phenomenon. This article takes issue with the modernist position. Drawing on primary and secondary evidence from the Netherlands, England, and other early modern polities, it documents the existence of movements and ideologies that must be classified as national and nationalist by the modernists' own criteria. It is then argued that some nationalist discourses had medieval roots and that they were no less nationalistic than the nationalisms of the French Revolution. In the conclusion, the theoretical premises of the modernist position are subjected to critical examination.}, author = {Gorski, Philip S.}, citeulike-article-id = {5138682}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/210435}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/210435}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1086/210435}, journal = {American Journal of Sociology}, keywords = {early\_modern, enlightenment, equinoxpub, ideology, intellectual\_history, nationalism, reformation, religion, theory, toread}, month = {March}, number = {5}, pages = {1428--1468}, posted-at = {2009-07-13 18:53:13}, priority = {2}, title = {The Mosaic Moment: An Early Modernist Critique of Modernist Theories of Nationalism}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/210435}, volume = {105}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5138682 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5138682 N2 - doi: 10.1086/210435 Most theorists of nationalism are modernists: they regard nationalism as an essentially modern phenomenon. This article takes issue with the modernist position. Drawing on primary and secondary evidence from the Netherlands, England, and other early modern polities, it documents the existence of movements and ideologies that must be classified as national and nationalist by the modernists' own criteria. It is then argued that some nationalist discourses had medieval roots and that they were no less nationalistic than the nationalisms of the French Revolution. In the conclusion, the theoretical premises of the modernist position are subjected to critical examination. IS - 5 JF - American Journal of Sociology EP - 1468 TI - The Mosaic Moment: An Early Modernist Critique of Modernist Theories of Nationalism VL - 105 SP - 1428 KW - early_modern KW - enlightenment KW - equinoxpub KW - ideology KW - intellectual_history KW - nationalism KW - reformation KW - religion KW - theory KW - toread AU - Gorski, Philip PY - 2000/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/210435 ER -