History And National Destiny Ethnosymbolism and its Critics [Paperback]

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• A fresh and critical look at Anthony D. Smith’s path-breaking contribution to the study of nations and nationalism.
  
• Debates various issues concerning Smith’s controversial ethnosymbolic approach.
  
• Includes contributions from academics based in the Czech Republic, Norway, the UK and US.
  
• Opens up new avenues of research.

1. Definitions, Periodization and Prospects for the Longue Duree: John A. Armstrong (retired from University of Wisconsin, Madison).

2. Covenant and Continuity: Ethno-Symbolism and the Myth of Divine Election: Bruce Cauthen.

3. The Timelessness of Nations: Walker Connor (Middlebury College).

4. Place, Kinship and the Case for Non-Ethnic Nations: Thomas Hylland Eriksen (University of Oslo).

5. ‘Dominant Ethnicity’ and the ‘Ethnic-Civic’ Dichotomy in the Work of A. D. Smith: Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck College, University of London) and Oliver Zimmer (University of Durham).

6. Ethnicity and Supra-Ethnicity in Corpus Planning: The Hidden Status Agenda in Corpus Planning: Joshua A. Fishman (Yeshiva University, New York).

7. From Ethnic Group Toward the Modern Nation: The Czech Case: Miroslav Hroch (Charles University Prague).

8. Myth Against Myth: The Nation as Ethnic Overlay: John Hutchinson (London School of Economics).

9. Anthony D. Smith on Nations and National IdenlCs