{"product_id":"foundations-of-national-identity-josep-r-llobera-9781571816122","title":"Foundations of National Identity: From Catalonia to Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e Since it 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Catalonia is the major case study in this book but it is embedded in a comprehensive theoretical framework as well as the historical and contemporary reality of Europe, opening up a new perspective. The author, one of the foremost scholars in this field, brilliantly succeeds in developing an original, clear and comprehensive vision of nationalism that is accessible to a wide readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josep R. Llobera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571816127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571816122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Josep R. Llobera","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939705913599,"sku":"9781571816122","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f2cd2858-7336-4ad7-9fc9-8f4b3ee7be32.jpg?v=1681443035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foundations-of-national-identity-josep-r-llobera-9781571816122","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}