From primoroliality to pop nationalism: Anglo-Saxon theoretical background of nationalism and the nation

Abstract

The main task of this paper is to present the most important paradigms operating in the social sciences in the Anglo-Saxons cultural circle a_er World War II. The paradigms overview starts from Primordialism discourse through Perennialism, Modernism toward Ethno-symbolism and Banal Nationalism melted into Pop cultural social behaviors. A series of debates on the description and operationalization of knowledge on titled issue has already been taken. What is more, chapter shows the concept of divers approach toward nationalism theory which still seems to be a novelty at the Central and Eastern European discourse.