Montserrat gibernau biography of martin

In the age of globalisation, when the adjective “typical” seems to have lost its meaning to describe the behaviours, habits, and material culture of a region or a country, Monserrat Guibernau takes the concept of “national identity” and analyzes how it is transformed, both across time and from different points of influence.

The book tries to answer questions about how nations come into being, how they construct their identities or which strategies they are using to transform, and be integrated in a new context.

The book begins with the definition of national identity.

From the 2nd to the 4th chapter, Monserrat Guibernau presents some social and political events that act as trigger for the transformation of national identity. The 5th and 6th chapters focus on the strategies that nations are following to reject these external influences to preserve their national identity.

The last chapter introduces the concept of cosmopolitanism to compare national and cosmopolitan identity.

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