Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Chinese Edition)

Written at the close of the 20th century, this widely acclaimed monograph examines the creation and global spread of the 'imagined communities' of nationality. Anderson explores the processes that create these communities: the territorialisation of religious faiths, the decline of antique kingship, the changing conceptions of time, the interaction between capitalism and print, and the development of vernacular languages-of-state. It makes impact on almost all disciplines in humanities and social sciences. It also sheds light on numerous phenomena in the human society.