Nationalism

This edition of Elie Kedourie's Nationalism brings back into print one of the classic texts of our times. With great elegance and lucidity, the author traces the philosophical foundations of the nationalist doctrine, the conditions which gave rise to it, and the political consequences of its spread in Europe and elsewhere over the past two centuries. As Isaiah Berlin wrote of the original edition, "Kedourie's account of these ideas and their effect is exemplary: clear, learned and just."

In a new introduction the author reflects upon the origins of the book and the relationship of his argument to contemporary nationalist conflicts.

Editorial Foreward.

Introduction to the Fourth Edition.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First edition.

1. Politics in a new style.

2. Self determination.

3. State and the individual.

4. The excellence of diversity.

5. National self determination.

6. Nationalism and politics: I.

7. Nationalism and politics: II.

Afterword.

Further Reading.

Index.

"An indispensable text for a university student or anyone else who wishes to understand nationalism." Norman Wintrop, AJPH Elie Kedourie, at the time of his death in 1992, was Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of London and Fellow of the British Academy. Author of numerous books, he was a leading authority on nationalism, and on the Arab and Jewish worlds. This edition of Elie Kedourie's Nationalism brings back into print one of the classic texts of our times. With great elegance and lucidity, the author traces the philosophical foundations of the nationalist doctrine, the conditions which gave rise to it, and the political consequences of its spread in Europe and elsewhere over the past two centuries. As Isaiah Berlin wrote of the original edition, "Kedourie's account of these ideas and their effect is exemplary: clear, learned and just."

In a new introduction the author reflects upon the origins of the book and the relationship of his argument to contemporary nationalist conflicts.