Nationalism and the Mind: Essays on Modern Culture

Liah Greenfeld’s books on nationalism, instigated a major paradigm shift and almost instantly made her the world’s leading authority on the subject.  With wide-ranging implications across the breadth of the humanities, she is renowned for arguing that nationalism is the main cultural foundation of modern society and its economy.  In Nationalism and the Mind, the only published collection of Greenfeld’s essays in English, the reader can trace the evolution of Greenfeld’s thought, culminating in her cutting-edge analysis of the relationship between nationalism, culture and the human mind.  Arranged chronologically, and with an insightful introduction by one of her former students, it provides a fascinating resource for anyone wishing to acquaint themselves with one of the most original thinkers of the current period.  Examining her thoughts not only on nationalism, but also literature, philosophy, psychology, and much aside, this compendium of essays is greater than the sum of its parts. Uniting disparate disciplines into a coherent perspective in philosophical anthropology, Greenfield provides a comprehensive theory of human nature that will influence social science of years to come.