Understanding nationalism
Subtitle: on narrative, cognitive science, and identity
By: Patrick Colm Hogan.
Series: Theory and interpretation of narrative
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780814211076
Subjects: Nationalism -- Cross-cultural studies; Nationalism in literature; Cognition and culture -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding identity : what it is and what it does; title: Hierarchizing identities : techniques of nationalization; title: Metaphors and selves : forefathers, roots, and the voice of the people; title: Emplotting the nation : the narrative structures of patriotism; title: Heroic nationalism and the necessity of war from King David to George W. Bush; title: Sacrificial nationalism and its victims : sin and death in Germany and India; title: Romantic love and the end of nationalism : Walt Whitman and Emma Goldman.