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The poverty of anti‐nationalist modernism
Author(s) -
Smith Anthony D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/1469-8219.00101
Subject(s) - nationalism , normative , presentism , romance , passion , poverty , sociology , ethnic group , modernism (music) , relation (database) , norm (philosophy) , gender studies , aesthetics , epistemology , political science , philosophy , social psychology , psychology , anthropology , law , psychoanalysis , politics , database , computer science
. In this reply to Dr Özkirimli's article, after considering the relationship between modernist and ethnosymbolic approaches, I propose some arguments for, and explanations of ethnosymbolic accounts. I concentrate here on the four main points raised by Dr Özkirimli: (1) the restrictions on the role of elites, (2) the limitations of presentism, (3) the importance of collective passion and attachment and (4) the plurality of ethnic heritages. I conclude with an explanation of my normative stance in relation to the question of ‘romantic nationalism’.