Original scientific paper
NATION AND NATIONALISM AS THE CENTRAL PHENOMENON OF THE POLITICAL
Zvonko Posavec
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The author's starting point is the fact that modern state emerged in the course of the French revolution. The author looks into the political consequences of the creation of modern state and nationalism. His thesis is that it is not possible to provide a general definition of these two phenomena since their role and the theoretical foundations can be grasped only within social and historical context. The author first expounds on the historical role of the nation in the formation of French, American and German states, and then goes on to explain the systematic role of the creation of nation in the formation of modern societies. At the end, the author applies his theoretical model of nation-research to Croatia.
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Hrčak ID:
105925
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Publication date:
18.6.1996.
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