The English word nation from Middle English c. 1300, nacioun "a race of people, large group of people with common … See more

The broad consensus amongst scholars of nationalism is that nations are a recent phenomenon. However, some historians argue their existence can be traced to the medieval period.
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In his article, "The Mosaic Moment: An Early Modernist Critique of the Modernist Theory of Nationalism", Philip S. Gorski argues that the first modern nation-state was the Dutch Republic, created by a fully modern pol… See more

There are three notable perspectives on how nations developed. Primordialism (perennialism), which reflects popular conceptions of nationalism but has largely fallen out of favour among academics, proposes t… See more

There is an ongoing debate about the future of nations − about whether this framework will persist as is and whether there are viable or developing alternatives.
The theory of the clash of civilizations lies in direct contr… See more

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• Anderson, Benedict (1983). Imagined Communities. London: Verso Books.
• Gellner, Ernest (1983). Nations and Nationalism. Cambridge: Blackwell.
• James, Paul (1996). Nation Formation: Towards a Theory of A… See more