 | Max Haller, Rudolf Richter - 1994 - 296 pages
...attachment of individuals to their nation. From such a point of view, Anthony D. Smith defines a nation as "a named human population sharing an historic territory,...and common legal rights and duties for all members" (Smith 1991, 14). This is the Western concept of nation, which is distinct from an Eastern concept... | |
 | Sarah A. Radcliffe, Sallie Westwood - 1996 - 222 pages
...the infrastructure of the nation-state rather than its meaning for citizens. Smith deflues the nation as 'a named human population sharing an historic territory....and common legal rights and duties for all members' iA. Smith 1991: 14i. 4 The concept is broader than 'popular genpolitics" iSharp 199 5i. the latter... | |
 | Betty Jean Craige - 1996 - 214 pages
...the word tribalism I emphasize behavior. I shall use Anthony D. Smith's definition of the term nation as "a named human population sharing an historic territory,...and common legal rights and duties for all members" (AD Smith 14), but I shall expand his definition of nationalism, "an ideological movement for attaining... | |
 | Joachim Jens Hesse, Vincent Wright - 1996 - 440 pages
...('ethnies'), which eventually came to share common myths and historical memories, a common or mass culture, a common economy, and common legal rights and duties for all members. These, as Anthony Smith has noted, are the characteristics of nationhood. Smith writes: Though most... | |
 | Kemal Kirişci, Gareth M. Winrow - 1997 - 268 pages
...culture and a common descent are some characteristics which come to mind. Smith has defined a nation as ' ... a named human population sharing an historic...economy and common legal rights and duties for all members'.'2 A combination of objective and subjective elements may be employed to define a nation.... | |
 | Peter Ester, Loek Halman, Vladimir Olegovič Rukavišnikov - 1997 - 280 pages
...Smith offers a comprehensive definition of a nation. A nation is 'a named human population sharing a historic territory, common myths and historical memories,...and common legal rights and duties for all members' (Smith, 1991: 14). In this perspective, a nation is a social construct, a cultural contract, and a... | |
 | Academy of European Law - 1998 - 378 pages
...a specific territory and a measure of solidarity'. A nation is 'a named human population sharing a historic territory, common myths and historical memories,...common economy and common legal rights and duties'. Both of these definitions should, it has often been argued, be treated as essentially empirical, and... | |
 | Asafa Jalata - 1998 - 320 pages
...traits and the desire to live together in the future.3 Similarly, Anthony D. Smith defines a nation "as a named human population sharing an historic territory,...economy and common legal rights and duties for all members."4 Smith defines nationalism as "an ideological movement for attaining and maintaining autonomy,... | |
 | Thomas Janoski - 1998 - 334 pages
...multiculturalism would have to be more careful about sharing common myths and historical memories in a mass and public culture. A common economy and common legal rights and duties for all cultural groups would imply more of a "constitutional patriotism" used by Habermas (1994, p. 27), and... | |
 | Jack David Eller - 1999 - 386 pages
...officially recognized, and objective unit. Smith defines nation as "a named human population sharing a historic territory, common myths and historical memories,...common legal rights and duties for all members" (1991, 40). This definition is similar to his definition of ethnic group, except for the references to mass... | |
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A nation can therefore be defined as a named human population sharing an historic territory, common myths and historical memories, a mass, public culture, a common economy and common legal rights and duties for all members.20 Such a provisional working... 
