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Kazimierz Kelles‐Krauz (1872–1905): A Pioneering Scholar of Modern Nationalism
Author(s) -
Snyder Tim
Publication year - 1997
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/j.1354-5078.1997.00231.x
Subject(s) - nationalism , scholarship , order (exchange) , sociology , object (grammar) , epistemology , law , philosophy , political science , politics , linguistics , finance , economics
. This essay attempts to place the contributions of the sociologist Kazimierz Kelles‐Krauz (1872–1905) within the history of the scholarship of nationalism. Though absent from present scholarly literature on the question, Kelles‐Krauz's contribution to the study of nationalism was outstanding. The article advances three arguments: that Kelles‐Krauz was among the first to treat modem nationalism as an object of serious study, that his approach was more typical of our day than his, and that his arguments anticipated many of the major positions of today's scholars. In order to defend the first claim, the article briefly considers the contributions of scholars who preceded Kelles‐Krauz. In order to defend the second and third claims, the article briefly characterises Kelles‐Krauz's sociological method and presents his answers to some of the central questions of today's scholarly literature on nationalism.