![]() ![]() Critiquing Anderson: Some alternative ideas on nationalism, Partha Chatterjee, attempts a critique of. The nations borders are seen as definite (limited) and it is seen as the only legitimate authority within those borders (sovereign). Like any group larger than a small village, a nation is imagined because most citizens will never meet one another face-to-face, and yet see themselves as being part of a political community that is like a family, with shared origins, mutual interests, and a deep, horizontal comradeship. Anderson defines a nation as an imagined political communityand imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign. Imagined Communities Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson The world-famous work on the origins and development of nationalism The full magnitude of Benedict Anderson's intellectual achievement is still being appreciated and debated. ![]()
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