The definitive, bestselling book on the origins and development of nationalism.
Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983. Since then it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and is widely considered the most important book on the subject. In this greatly anticipated revised edition, Anderson updates and elaborates on the core question: what makes people live, die and kill in the name of nations? He shows how an originary nationalism born in the Americas was adopted by popular movements in Europe, by imperialist powers, and by the anti-imperialist resistances in Asia and Africa, and explores the way communities were created by the growth of the nation-state, the interaction between capitalism and printing, and the birth of vernacular languages-of-state. Anderson revisits these fundamental ideas, showing how their relevance has been tested by the events of the past two decades.

本書延續他知名的《多元文化的公民權》一書中所首次發展的少數權利理論，致力於探討當今世界幾個緊迫的爭論議題：包括目前的種族關係問題、少數的權利在大環境的民族主義之下所產生的爭論、民主主義的公民權與全球化等問題。本書分成四大部份：第一部分概述少數群體權利辯論的演進，並解釋這些論辯如何由1980年代中期演變至現在。第二部分探討在自由民主之下，族裔文化公正的要求。金里卡認為個體的人權保護並不足以擔保族裔群體之間的正義要求，少數者的人權必須加以增補。他並特別探究為何某種權力的分享（如聯邦制）對國內的少權族群來說常是確保正義所必需的，為何原住民在其經濟發展與環境保護上必須擁有特殊的權利關係，以及為何我們須要對外來移民確立一個融合上的公平關係。第三部分的焦點在民族主義，探討一些常見的自由主義者對民族主義的誤解與偏見，包括常引人誤解的「世界主義」和「民族主義」間的對立。最後的第四部分，討論如何增加種族和民族群體對少數權利的要求，以達到影響民主公民權的實踐，他強調教育的重要性。

民族和民族主义是什么？其本质是什么？它们在历史上是怎样出现的，又经历了怎样的变迁？为何它们能够在今天拥有如此深刻的情感上的正当性？这些都是研究民族和民族主义问题的学者们试图要解答的问题。本书的作者本尼迪克特・安德森以“哥白尼精神“独辟蹊径，从民族情感与文化根源出发探讨了不同民族属性的、全球各地的“想象的共同体“，力图提出一个解释上述关于民族与民族主义问题的新的理论典范。安德森将民族、民族属性与民族主义视为一种“特殊的文化的人造物“，将民族定义为“一种想象的政治共同体“。 他认为这些“想象的共同体“的形成主要取决于以下因素：宗教信仰的领土化、古典王朝家族的衰微、时间观念的改变、资本主义与印刷术之间的交互作用、国家方言的发展等。通过比较史和历史社会学的方法，安德森对民族主义的起源与散布进行了论证：他否定了多数学者所认同的民族主义起源于欧洲的观点，认为18世纪末和19世纪初的南北美洲殖民地独立运动才是“第一波“的民族主义，民族主义是经由美洲而散播至欧洲，再到亚洲和非洲。安德森百科全书式的欧洲史素养与当代东南亚研究权威的背景，以及他对东西方多种语言的掌握能力，使得他的论证更具说服力。《想象的共同体》独辟蹊径的研究视角令它已经成为当代研究民族与民族主义的经典著作，其影响所及几乎横跨所有人文与社会学科，是当代文史社会科学学生必读之书，同时也是理解人类社会诸多现象时，不可或缺的指引。

Prasenjit Duara offers the first systematic account of the relationship between the nation-state, nationalism, and the concept of linear history. Focusing primarily on China and including discussion of India, Duara argues that many historians of postcolonial nation-states have adopted a linear, evolutionary history of the Enlightenment/colonial model. As a result, they have written repressive, exclusionary, and incomplete accounts.
The backlash against such histories has resulted in a tendency to view the past as largely constructed, imagined, or invented. In this book, Duara offers a way out of the impasse between constructionism and the evolving nation; he redefines history as a series of multiple, often conflicting narratives produced simultaneously at national, local, and transnational levels. In a series of closely linked case studies, he considers such examples as the very different histories produced by Chinese nationalist reformers and partisans of popular religions, the conflicting narratives of statist nationalists and of advocates of federalism in early twentieth-century China. He demonstrates the necessity of incorporating contestation, appropriation, repression, and the return of the repressed subject into any account of the past that will be meaningful to the present. Duara demonstrates how to write histories that resist being pressed into the service of the national subject in its progress—or stalled progress—toward modernity.

本书是一本探讨“民族主义”的经典之作。作者扬弃了固有的研究途径和教条，以哥白尼精神寻找新的理论典范，为民族主义的研究开辟了一条崭新的道路。作者将民族、民族属性与民族主义视为一种“特殊的文化的人造物”，他从民族情感与文化根源来探讨不同民族属性的、全球各地的“想象的共同体”。作者将民族主义放在比政治史或政治思想史更广阔的“文化史”和“社会史”的背景中来理解——民族主义不再只是一种意识形态或政治

Nationalism, in China as much as elsewhere, is today adopted, filtered, transformed, enhanced, and accelerated through digital networks. And as we have increasingly seen, nationalism in digital spheres interacts in complicated ways with nationalism "on the ground". If we are to understand the social and political complexities of the twenty-first century, we need to ask: what happens to nationalism when it goes digital?
In China's Digital Nationalism, Florian Schneider explores the issue by looking at digital China first hand, exploring what search engines, online encyclopedias, websites, hyperlink networks, and social media can tell us about the way that different actors construct and manage a crucial topic in contemporary Chinese politics: the protracted historical relationship with neighbouring Japan. Using two cases, the infamous Nanjing Massacre of 1937 and the ongoing disputes over islands in the East China Sea, Schneider shows how various stakeholders in China construct networks and deploy power to shape nationalism for their own ends. These dynamics provide crucial lessons on how nation states adapt to the shifting terrain of the digital age and highlight how digital nationalism is today an emergent property of complex communication networks.