books.google.fr - Japan, Russia, and Turkey are major examples of countries with different ethnic, religious, and cultural background that embarked on the path of modernization without having been colonized by a Western country. In all three cases, national consciousness has played a significant role in this context....https://books.google.fr/books/about/Civil_Society_Religion_and_the_Nation.html?hl=fr&id=KSbiKEhsxT0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCivil Society, Religion, and the Nation