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Our Nations and Nationalisms
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An exploration of national identity, belonging, and the complexity of nationalism.
Essential for anyone grappling with questions of identity, nation, and belonging.
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About the Ebook
'Nationalism' is an increasingly unpopular word. Few would apply the label of 'nationalist' to themselves, and fewer still to any part of our history before the 1700s. But then, where does it come from? And what does it mean for us today? With one eye on the present as he unpicks the past, Owen Dudley Edwards finds nationalism to be older than recorded history and broader than modern geography. Our Nations and Nationalisms traces the phenomena back as far as the Old Testament and the works of Homer and Virgil, through the attempts of Shakespeare and James VI & I to found the first British Union, and into the Celtic legends that helped form the identities held in the UK today. Taking wide-ranging examples from ancient to modern, from home and abroad, Dudley Edwards interrogates nationalism in action, asking what it really is and how it has impacted upon all of our lives, wherever we live or were born This demonised word, he argues, is a fact of human nature. It may take a variety of forms, but we are all, in some sense, 'nationalists'; it is incumbent upon each of us to find ways to use this fact in the interests of humanity, and not a single nation.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Authentic Scottish voices and captivating narratives.
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About the Author
OWEN DUDLEY EDWARDS was born on the 27th March 1938 in Dublin, Ireland.
Edwards is an Irish historian and former Reader in Commonwealth and American History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the editor of the ‘Oxford Sherlock Holmes’ series, and is a renowned expert on the authors Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse and Oscar Wilde.
Edwards attended Belvedere College, Dublin, University College, Dublin, and The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In 1966 he married Barbara Balbirnie Lee and they have three children. He is a practising Catholic and actively involved in the church.
His past book include Dave Does the Right Thing, Burke and Hare and How David Cameron Saved Scotland.
Publication Details
Publisher: Luath Press
Publication Date: 30 June 2022
Print Length: 320 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781804250426
Format: Ebook
Language: English
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