[In this book, the author] directly challenges prevalent scholarly orthodoxies about the exclusively modern character of nationalism. He argues that nationalism's enduring power to shape the world we live in arises directly out of its position at the heart of inescapable social …
Aviel Roshwald challenges prevailing assumptions about the exclusively modern and transitory nature of nationalism. His study ranges from ancient Jews and Greeks to the modern Arab-Israeli, Northern Irish, and Yugoslav conflicts, from the politics of Jerusalem's Temple Mount to …
"Aviel Roshwald directly challenges prevalent scholarly orthodoxies about the exclusively modern character of nationalism. He argues that nationalism's enduring power to shape the world we live in arises directly out of its position at the heart of inescapable social and politic…