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Imagined Communities
Benedict Anderson reveals how nations are not ancient, natural entities, but powerful mental constructs, binding millions of strangers through shared stories and symbols.
“Benedict Anderson reveals how nations are not ancient, natural entities, but powerful mental constructs, binding millions of strangers through shared stories and symbols.”
— Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities
Nationalism, collective identity, social construction
If you've ever felt a profound connection to millions of strangers, this will illuminate the invisible threads that bind us, and this will help you see what to do next.
Benedict Anderson, a political scientist and historian, fundamentally reshaped our understanding of nationalism by revealing its constructed nature, drawing on a vast historical and cultural canvas to explain how nations come to be.