,
Anthony D. Smith

Anthony D. Smith’s Followers (56)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Anthony D. Smith


Born
September 23, 1939

Died
July 19, 2016

Genre

Influences
Ernest Gellner, Benedict Anderson, Elie Kedourie


Anthony D. Smith was Professor Emeritus of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationalism studies. His best-known contributions to the field are the distinction between 'civic' and 'ethnic' types of nations and nationalism, and the idea that all nations have dominant 'ethnic cores'. While Smith agreed with other authors that nationalism is a modern phenomenon, he insisted that nations have pre-modern origins. ...more

Average rating: 3.8 · 1,224 ratings · 78 reviews · 56 distinct worksSimilar authors
Nationalism

3.87 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1994 — 29 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
National Identity (Ethnonat...

3.70 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1991 — 17 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Ethnic Origins of Nations

3.92 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1987 — 13 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Nationalism and Modernism

3.86 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Ethno-symbolism and Nationa...

3.86 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Nation in History: Hist...

3.60 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Nations and Nationalism in ...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Chosen Peoples: Sacred Sour...

3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Theories of Nationalism

4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Myths and Memories of the N...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Anthony D. Smith…