The Importance of Imagined Communities - and Benedict Anderson
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5773232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig Calhoun (0000-0001-7218-3780, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Pages | 11-16 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review Debats Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2530-8262 • E-ISSN: 2530-898X |
| Publisher | Institució Alfons el Magnànim - Diputació de València (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.28939/iam.debats-en.2016-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2240885767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
Benedict Anderson's remarkable book Imagined Communities reshaped the study of nations and nationalism. Strikingly original, it broke with previous over-emphasis on the European continent and falsely polarized arguments as to whether nations were always already in existence or mere epiphenomena of modern states. Imagined Communities stimulated attention to the dynamics of socially and culturally organized imagination as processes at the heart of political culture, self-understanding and solidarity. This has an influence beyond the study of nationalism as a major innovation in understanding 'social imaginaries'. Anderson's approach, however, maintained strong emphases on material conditions that shape culture, and on institutions that facilitate its reproduction - from newspapers and novels to censuses, maps, and museums
Media studies · Nationalism · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Social science · Social solidarity · Sociology · Solidarity · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Gender Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · Law · Philippine History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |