Anderson and the Imagined Nation

• Localización: Debats: Revista de cultura, poder i societat, ISSN-e 2530-3074, ISSN 0212-0585, Nº Extra 1 (Anual Review), 2016, págs. 65-69
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article is a synthesis of the Theory of Nationalism in Anderson’s work and argues its applicability to ‘Stateless Nations’. The author’s point of departure is the interpretations that have been made of Anderson’s definition of nations as ‘imagined communities’. Anderson’s definition is presented as universal, realistic and capable of embracing diverse facets of nationalism — oppressive or liberating as the case may be. The paper ends with a short reflection on the complexity of The Catalan Lands from an Andersonian point of view