Why, When, and How did Nationalism Become Grounded?

Siniša Malešević’s Grounded Nationalisms asks: “Why has nationalism proved to be such a potent, protean, and durable force in the modern age? Why nation-state established itself as central organizing mode of social political life last two hundred years? is still dominant form collective subjectivity?” (8) The author draws from several disciplines tackle these questions, including sociology, science, history, psychology, demography, anthropology. In nutshell, he finds answer rests historical origins organizational, ideological, micro-interactional dynamics nationalist ideologies that evolve adapt over time. This book an instant classic sociology arguing subjectivity unlikely replaced or shaken by globalization neoliberalism.