The descent of nations: social evolutionary theory, modernism and ethno‐symbolism
Journal article
Authors | Kerr, William |
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Abstract | This article explores the use of a revised conception of social evolutionary theory towards an understanding of nationalism. First, I review the debate between ethno‐symbolism and modernism, through the lens of the Warwick Debate between Gellner and Smith, arguing that both are partly right. Secondly, I outline what the revised conception of social evolution is looking first at its traditional conception before outlining a Darwinian view of social evolutionary theory. Finally, I examine how Darwinian social evolutionary theory can help fruitfully bring the ethno‐symbolic and modernist perspectives together. This is done by a sustained engagement primarily with the theories of Anthony Smith and Ernest Gellner pointing to how Darwinian social evolutionary theory can provide a link between the two theories that makes them mutually supportive rather than opposed. |
Keywords | Political Science and International Relations; Geography, Planning and Development; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Nations and Nationalism |
Journal citation | 25 (1), pp. 104-123 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 1469-8129 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12426 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625369 |
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Publication dates | 30 Jan 2019 |
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Deposited | 10 Nov 2020, 11:39 |
Accepted | 05 Mar 2018 |
Contributors | University of Edinburgh |
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File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/95334/the-descent-of-nations-social-evolutionary-theory-modernism-and-ethno-symbolism
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