1. Why has Nationalism Become Such a Powerful Force in the Mode
... of identity, which, in Guibernau's view, is the main explanation for the "loyalty" of individuals to their nation. The second explanation for nationalism in the modern world is laid out by Anderson, in "Imagined Communities." He believed that nations were social constructions or cultural artefacts which came into being when traditional ways of thinking crumbled. This can be exemplified ... thus came with the development of printing, or what he called print capitalism, and the expansion of modern languages. There were three ways in which Anderson believed print capitalism laid the basis ...
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