Description: This concise and comprehensive account of the place of national identity in modern life, affords a new analysis of the concept of identity, arguing that we are now in a position to envisage the end of nationalism.
Review Quotes: "This book offers a clear and engaging argument....."
-"Ethics, July 2001
"Poole's study constitutes a major contribution; the capter detailing the emergence of nationalism and the bibliographical essay are especially outstanding. Upper-division undergraduates and above."
-"Choice
""Nation and Identity is well organized, well written, carefully argued and at the cutting edge of the relevant literature...It has a striking and important set of conceptualizations and arguments about nation, national identity and nationalism, and some probing conjectures about 'the future of nationalism' in an increasingly globalized world."
-Kai Nielsen, University of Concordia
"A beautifully written, timely and thoughtful book, Poole argues his case persuasively and elegantly using his philosophical, political and historical sources judiciously."
-David Archard, University of St. Andrews