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“Can such goodness be profitably discarded?” Benedict Anderson and the politics of nationalism. (2007)
Book Chapter
Wollman, H., & Spencer, P. (2007). “Can such goodness be profitably discarded?” Benedict Anderson and the politics of nationalism. In A. McCleery, & B. Brabon (Eds.), The Influence of Benedict Anderson (1-20). Merchiston Press

Imagined Communities has been extraordinarily successful and one of the most (if not the most) influential books in the contemporary literature on nationalism. Anderson’s definition of the nation as an “imagined community” has become one of the most... Read More about “Can such goodness be profitably discarded?” Benedict Anderson and the politics of nationalism..

Introduction. (2005)
Book Chapter
Wollman, H., & Spencer, P. (2004). Introduction. In P. Spencer, & H. Wollman (Eds.), Nations and Nationalism: A Reader, 1-19. Edinburgh University Press/Rutgers University Press

Nationalism has become a topic of wide-ranging significance and heated debate in recent years, with a huge expansion in the amount of literature available. Bringing together the best and most representative of these writings, Nations and Nationalism... Read More about Introduction..