Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism revised by benedict anderson isbn. These are the sources and citations used to research imagined communities. Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism 1983, 1991, 2006 anderson, benedict r. Citation formats are based on standards as of july 2010. An imagined community is a concept developed by benedict anderson in his 1983 book. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on friday. Another way that the media can create imagined communities is through the use of images.
He is editor of the journal indonesia and author of java in a time of revolution, the spectre of comparisons. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Imagined communities reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. An imagined community is a concept developed by benedict anderson in his 1983 book imagined communities, to analyze nationalism. Nationalism, southeast asia, and the world and imagined communities. As the definitive paradigm so far of benedict anderson s titular concept outlined throughout the text of imagined communities, the virtual nationbuilding daily established, torn down and rebuilt with the various individual entities that collective make up social media have not just taken the authors ideas in a new direction, they have.
The media, imagined community, benedict anderson, nationalism, national. Even anderson, to whose book imagined communities i am much indebted. Instead, anderson describes the nation as a cultural construct, with a particular history rooted in the fall of monarchies and empires, as well as specific advancements in literacy, technology, and capitalism. Imagined communities summary from litcharts the creators. Benedict andersons imagined communities lse research online. About the author 1991 benedict anderson is aaron l. Anderson benedict anderson, a cornell professor emeritus in government who wrote imagined communities, the book that set the pace for. Anderson depicts a nation as a socially constructed community, imagined by the people who perceive themselves as part of that group. Binenkorp professor of international studies emeritus at cornell university. The importance of imagined communities and benedict.