and the emergence of Print capitalism ("the convergence of capitalism and print technology.the movement to abolish the ideas of rule by divine right and hereditary monarchy ("the concept was born in an age in which Enlightenment and Revolution were destroying the legitimacy of the divinely ordained, hierarchical dynastic realm.ations dream of being free.The gage and emblem of this freedom is the sovereign state.", 1991, 7).the increasing importance of mass vernacular literacy,.Historical argument Īccording to Anderson's theory of imagined communities, the main historical causes of nationalism include:
Zuelow describing the book as "perhaps the most read book about nationalism." It is among the top 10 most-cited publications in the social sciences. The book is widely considered influential in the social sciences, with Eric G.E. The book was first published in 1983 and was reissued with additional chapters in 1991 and a further revised version in 2006. It introduced the term " imagined communities" as a descriptor of a social group-specifically nations-and the term has since entered standard usage in myriad political and social science fields. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism is a book by Benedict Anderson about the development of national feeling in different eras and throughout different geographies across the world.
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