Formation of National Identity

Author Greenfeld is an eminent authority on the subject of nationalism. After receiving her doctoral degree from the Hebrew University specializing in sociology and social anthropology, she became an instructor in the United States, and currently is a professor at Boston University in sociology and political science. In tracing the rise of nationalism, Greenfeld employs an interdisciplinary approach that combines political science with sociology, mainly the theories of Max Weber. Using Weber's idea, Greenfeld views "modernity as defined by nationalism" rather than the other way around (p.18). She emphasizes that the book "belongs to the long tradition of sociological inquiry which seeks to understand the nature, and to account for the emergence, of modern society" (p.17). Her interest is the formation of national identity, not its execution.

Her major argument is that nationalism lies at the basis of the modern world. She defines natio

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