Book, Nations and nationalism since 1780: program, myth and reality[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. "In new editions, Hobsbawm's works reaffirm the vigor, timeliness and power of the studies of one of the greatest historians of the 20th century. In Nations and nationalism since 1780, Eric Hobsbawm continues the analysis he carried out in the triad The era of revolutions, The age of capital and The age of empires and deepens reflections on the term “nation” and its political and historical implications. It also takes stock of nationalism at the end of the 20th century, when the forms of division of labor and the Advances in technology seemed to indicate the weakening of nation-states, but, in fact, they signaled the resurgence of national issues from a new perspective. “In this book, Hobsbawm not only discerns the transcendence of the theme, but he has been the contemporary thinker who has contributed most to understanding the concepts of nation, nationality and nationalism.” – Emir Sader "