

Imagined Communities
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
Author: Benedict Anderson
Narrator: Kevin Foley
Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 03/05/2012
Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, History & Theory
Synopsis
Anderson examines the creation and global spread of the 'imagined communities' of nationality, and explores the processes that created these communities: the territorialization of religious faiths, the decline of antique kingship, the interaction between capitalism and print, the development of secular languages-of-state, and changing conceptions of time and space. He shows how an originary nationalism born in the Americas was adopted by popular movements in Europe, by imperialist powers, and by the anti-imperialist resistances in Asia and Africa.
In a new afterword, Anderson examines the extraordinary influence of Imagined Communities: he also explores the book's international publication and reception, from its first publication towards the end of the Cold War era to the present day.