Nationalism and Ethnicity
Craig Calhoun
Journal article · 1993 · Annual Review of Sociology
Abstract
Neither nationalism nor ethnicity is vanishing as part of an obsolete traditional order. Both are part of a modern set of categorical identities invoked by elites and other participants in political and social struggles. These categorical identities also shape everyday life, offering both tools for grasping pre-existing homogeneity and difference and for constructing specific versions of such identities. While it is impossible to dissociate nationalism entirely from ethnicity, it is equally impossible to reduce one to the other.
Citation
Calhoun, C. (1993). Nationalism and ethnicity. Annual Review of Sociology, 19, 211-239.