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1. 1. The Antiquity Of Nations

   

   This book argues that nations are rooted in long-standing ethnic communities and cultural memories rather than being solely modern inventions of industrialization and state-building; it develops an ethno-symbolist perspective showing how myths, symbols, collective memories, names, and a sense of homeland create durable continuities that later become the basis for modern national identity. Drawing on comparative historical evidence, the work critiques strong modernist explanations and emphasizes the interplay between pre-modern cultural resources and modern political processes in the emergence and persistence of nations.

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