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Conclusion to Part II

from Part ii - Paradigm Shifts and Turning Points in the Era of Globalization, 1500 to the Present

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2023

Cathie Carmichael
Affiliation:
University of East Anglia
Matthew D'Auria
Affiliation:
University of East Anglia
Aviel Roshwald
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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In 1992, Eric Hobsbawm rejoiced in the fact that historians were making headway in the study of nationalism and that this, in turn, suggested that the phenomenon was “past its peak”: ‘The owl of Minerva which brings wisdom, said Hegel, flies out at dusk. It is a good sign that it is now circling round nations and nationalism.” Others, writing at that time, were less optimistic. The French essayist Alain Minc wrote of the resurgence of the nation and expressed his fears that Europe might soon become “entrapped, once again, in nationalistic reactions.” After half a century on the path toward internationalism, he argued, once again the nation would dominate the political horizon. A few years later, Anthony D. Smith even quipped that, if anything, we were experiencing the “high noon” of nationalism and the “owl of Minerva ha[d] not stirred.”1

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Print publication year: 2023

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