This book contends that there is a fundamental logic underlying the participation of non-elites in the nationalist enterprise.Β In order to understand this logic we must cast aside the standard myopia ingrained in most Rational Choice analysis.Β Those blinders restrict the realm of payoffs to the pu
Nationalism and Its Logical Foundations
β Scribed by AmΓlcar Antonio Barreto (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 198
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Nationalism from Three Directions....Pages 9-32
Rationalityβs Janus-like Nature....Pages 33-57
Modeling Social and Material Recompense....Pages 59-78
Ode to a Hero....Pages 79-104
Duty, Honor, and the Supreme Sacrifice....Pages 105-128
Conclusion....Pages 129-134
Back Matter....Pages 135-188
β¦ Subjects
Political Science; Political Theory; Political Philosophy; Political History; US Politics
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