11. Myths and Misconceptions in the Study of Nationalism

Author: Brubaker, Rogers

Source: National Self-Determination and Secession, October 1998 , pp. 233-286(54)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

This chapter examines six pernicious myths and misconceptions about nationalism, which are prevalent in the new literature. The chapter focuses most attention on ‘groupism’, the tendency to talk and write about ethnic groups and nations as if they are real, homogenous, externally bounded entities, and ‘the architectonic illusion’, the view that the right grand architecture—the right territorial and institutional framework—would conclusively satisfy nationalist demands.

Keywords: national conflicts; nations; boundaries; nationhood; nationalism; ethnicity

Document Type: Research article

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