Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983. Since then it has sold over
What are the imagined communities that compel men to kill or to die for an idea of a nation? This notion of nationhood had its origins in the founding of the Am
Drawing from literary history, social theory, and political critique, this far-reaching study explores the utopian narrative as a medium for understanding the s