...strategy neatly coincided with the core rationale of nationalism. As Ernest Gellner has pointed out, 'nationalism is primarily a political principle, which holds that the political and the national unit should be congruent' (Gellner, 1983, p. 1). In the Soviet context, then, ethnographers...

...different terms, Ernest Gellner began his study of the subject with a political definition of nationalism: "Nationalism is primarily a political principle, which holds that the political and the national unit should be congruent." 8 Among recent analysts, John Breuilly has been perhaps the...

...period under study. To argue this on the basis of Ernest Gellner's conception of nationalism as "a principle which holds that the political and national unit should be congruent" 32 would, of course, not be of much value in studying the empire. Somewhat more nuanced is John Breuilly's...

...State or Euro-Region? The SNP, Plaid Cymru, and Europe James Mitchell INTRODUCTION Gellner argues that Nationalism is 'primarily a political principle, which...the political and national unit should be congruent' (Gellner l983: l). Implicit in this is the idea that forces outside the nation have no right to interfere...

...[Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993], p. 124). 25. Gellner characterizes nationalism as the political principle "which holds that the political and national unit should be congruent." Nations and Nationalism, p. 1. It is not unusual to include in the "definition" of a nation the desire...

...one point: that nationalism is a modern phenomenon and, as defined by Gellner (1983: 1), "primarily a principle which holds that the political and national unit should be congruent', a definition shared by Hobsbawm (1990: 9). There are several ways to attain this, and the newly emergent...

...organization." Ibid. Also similar are EJ Hobsbawm and Ernest Gellner, who define nationalism as "primarily a principle which holds that the political and national unit should be congruent." Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism since 3780, p. 9, quoting and adopting Gellner's definition. However,...

...77-78. 17. Anderson, Imagined Communities. 18. Ibid., pp. 6-7; Gellner, Nations and Nationalism, p. 1 ("Nationalism is primarily a political principle, which holds that the political and the national unit should be congruent."); Duara, Rescuing History, pp. 17-33. 19. Duara, Rescuing History,...

...victorious powers played the determining role. The essence of the nation state is political control. 'Nationalism is primarily a political principle, which holds that the political and the national unit should be congruent.' ' It aims at standardisation and efficiency, achieved through...

...generations. The idea of nationalism that creates bitter trouble is that defined by Ernest Gellner: the "political principle, which holds that the political and national unit should be congruent."7 According to this idea, the problem of how to share identity space can be solved by giving...