Modernization theory (nationalism)

Modernization theory is the predominant explanation for emergence of nationalism among scholars of nationalism.[1][2][3] Prominent modernization scholars, such as Ernest Gellner, Benedict Anderson and Eric Hobsbawn, argue that nationalism is a phenomenon that arose with the processes of modernization during the late 18th century.[4] Processes that lead to the emergence of nationalism include industrialization and democratic revolutions.[1]

Modernization theory stands in contrast to primordialism and perennialism, which hold that nations are biological, innate phenomena or that they have ancient roots.

Critics of modernization theory include Anthony D. Smith and Philip Gorski, who argue that nationalisms did exist prior to modernity.[1]

See also

References
  1. Gorski, Philip S. (2000). "The Mosaic Moment: An Early Modernist Critique of Modernist Theories of Nationalism". American Journal of Sociology. 105 (5): 1428–1468. doi:10.1086/210435. ISSN 0002-9602.
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  4. Wimmer, Andreas; Feinstein, Yuval (2010). "The Rise of the Nation-State across the World, 1816 to 2001". American Sociological Review. 75 (5): 764–790. doi:10.1177/0003122410382639. ISSN 0003-1224. S2CID 10075481.
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