Cultural Nationhood and Political Statehood

Cultural Nationhood and Political Statehood explores the development of the idea that every nation-most commonly understood as a linguistic community-is entitled to its own state.

Autorentext

André Liebich is Honorary Professor of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, where he was Professor of International History and Politics from 1989 to 2013. He was also Visiting Professor at the Global Studies Institute at the Université de Genève, Switzerland. He was previously Professor of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, and has held many visiting fellowships. He has written widely on political theory, European history, minorities, citizenship, and nationalism, with particular reference to Eastern Europe.

Klappentext

Cultural Nationhood and Political Statehood explores the development of the idea that every nation-most commonly understood as a linguistic community-is entitled to its own state.

Inhalt

1. Must Nations Become States? 2. Nationalism and the French Revolution 3. Ideological Currents 1815-1830 4. Czartoryski and the Case for Polish Statehood 5. Mazzini and the Italian Road to Universal Nationhood 6. The Principle of Nationality 7. Germany 8. The Principle of Nationality, Again 9. From the Principle of Nationality to Self-Determination 10. Czechoslovakia 11. Nations and States since 1945 12. Conclusion: An Issue Unresolved