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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..

Nationalism and the problem of humanitarian intervention (2007)
Journal Article
Spencer, P., & Wollman, H. (2007). Nationalism and the problem of humanitarian intervention. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 13, 79-111

In this article we argue that the issue of nationalism has been neglected in much of the academic and policy debate over humanitarian intervention to protect human rights. Underpinning much of the international relations literature, for example, is a... Read More about Nationalism and the problem of humanitarian intervention.