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9789462980037: Imagining Communities: Historical Reflections on the Process of Community Formation
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ISBN 10 : 9462980039 ISBN 13 : 9789462980037
Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 2018

Synopsis

In his groundbreaking Imagined Communities, first published in 1983, Benedict Anderson argued that members of a community
experience a Ÿdeep, horizontal camaraderie.Œ Despite being strangers, members feel connected in a web of imagined experiences.

Yet while Anderson’s insights have been hugely influential, they remain abstract: it is difficult to imagine imagined communities.
How do they evolve and how is membership constructed cognitively, socially and culturally? How do individuals and communities
contribute to group formation through the act of imagining? And what is the glue that holds communities together?

Imagining Communities examines actual processes of experiencing the imagined community, exploring its emotive force in a number of case studies. Communal bonding is analysed, offering concrete insights on where and by whom the nation (or social group) is imagined and the role of individuals therein. Offering eleven empirical case studies, ranging from the premodern to the modern age, this volume looks at and beyond the nation and includes regional as well as transnational communities as well.

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À propos des auteurs

Gemma Blok is a professor in the History of Mental Health and Culture at the Open University of the Netherlands. Her areas of expertise are the histories of psychiatry, addiction treatment, and drug use. She was a principal investigator in the HERA-funded project Governing the Narcotic City. Imaginaries, Practices and Discourses of Public Drug Cultures in European Cities from 1970 until Today.

Vincent Kuitenbrouwer is assistant professor at the History Department of the University of Amsterdam. He is specialized in the history of modern imperialism with a particular focus on colonial media.

Claire Weeda works as an assistant professor at the History Department of Leiden University. She is specialized in ethnic identity, medicine, and community formation in the period 1100-1500.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In his groundbreaking Imagined Communities, first published in 1983, Benedict Anderson argued that members of a community
experience a Ÿdeep, horizontal camaraderie.Œ Despite being strangers, members feel connected in a web of imagined experiences.

Yet while Anderson’s insights have been hugely influential, they remain abstract: it is difficult to imagine imagined communities.
How do they evolve and how is membership constructed cognitively, socially and culturally? How do individuals and communities
contribute to group formation through the act of imagining? And what is the glue that holds communities together?

Imagining Communities examines actual processes of experiencing the imagined community, exploring its emotive force in a number of case studies. Communal bonding is analysed, offering concrete insights on where and by whom the nation (or social group) is imagined and the role of individuals therein. Offering eleven empirical case studies, ranging from the premodern to the modern age, this volume looks at and beyond the nation and includes regional as well as transnational communities as well.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

In his groundbreaking Imagined Communities, first published in 1983, Benedict Anderson argued that members of a community experience a Ÿdeep, horizontal camaraderie.Œ Despite being strangers, members feel connected in a web of imagined experiences. Yet while Anderson’s insights have been hugely influential, they remain abstract: it is difficult to imagine imagined communities. How do they evolve and how is membership constructed cognitively, socially and culturally? How do individuals and communities contribute to group formation through the act of imagining? And what is the glue that holds communities together? Imagining Communities examines actual processes of experiencing the imagined community, exploring its emotive force in a number of case studies. Communal bonding is analysed, offering concrete insights on where and by whom the nation (or social group) is imagined and the role of individuals therein. Offering eleven empirical case studies, ranging from the premodern to the modern age, this volume looks at and beyond the nation and includes regional as well as transnational communities as well.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Amsterdam University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9462980039
ISBN 13 
9789462980037
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
234
Éditeur
Blok Gemma, Kuitenbrouwer Vincent, Weeda Claire
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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