Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the … See more

Intellectual origins
Anthony D. Smith describes how intellectuals played a primary role in generating cultural perceptions of nationalism and providing the ideology of political nationalism:
Wherever one turns … See more

Historians, sociologists and anthropologists have debated different types of nationalism since at least the 1930s. Generally, the … See more

The terminological use of "nations", "sovereignty" and associated concepts were significantly refined with the writing by Hugo Grotius of De jure belli ac pacis in the early 17th … See more

Many political scientists have theorized about the foundations of the modern nation-state and the concept of sovereignty. The … See more

The sociological or modernist interpretation of nationalism and nation-building argues that nationalism arises and flourishes in … See more

Critics of nationalism have argued that it is often unclear what constitutes a nation, or whether a nation is a legitimate unit of political rule. Nationalists hold that the boundaries of a … See more