Foundations of national identity
Subtitle: from Catalonia to Europe
By: Josep R. Llobera.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Nationalism; Nationalism -- Spain -- Catalonia -- History; Nationalism -- Europe -- History
Description: "Since its emergence in the 19th century in response to feudalism, nationalism has been a mixed blessing. Originally seen as a positive force, often enough it has resulted in warfare and persecution of minorities, so much so that, over time, it has been considered a social evil whose apparent decline has been greeted as a positive development. The author disputes this or rather, he maintains that the picture that emerges is more complex: nationalism is not disappearing but has taken on a different form.

What we are experiencing is an increasing autonomy of ethnonations, i.e. nations without a state, in the wake of a weakening of the multinational states and the transfer of their sovereignty upwards, in the case of Europe to the federation of the European Union, and downwards to the "ethnonations"."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.