Intellectuals and the Articulation of the Nation

by Michael D. Kennedy

What kinds of intellectual practices are influential in the making and remaking of nations? How do literary texts shape nation-making? When are intellectuals most and least relevant to developing the nation? How do liberal, socialist, and nationalist intellectuals shape national ideologies?
One of the principal debates in the study of nations concerns the relative significance of elites, specifically intellectuals, in inventing the nation. Intellectuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472088289
• ISBN13: 9780472088287
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"