Foundations of National Identity. From Catalonia to Europe

The building-blocks of nationhood; National sentiments as an ultimate reality, a comparation betweenCatalonia and Poland; What´s in a name? Kinship, territory and religion in the making of national identity; National character: myth and reality; God giveth them glory, for the speaketh the native tongue; The stuff that culture is made of; Distant splendours, latter-day miseries: The role of historical memory; Does nationalism inevitably lead to conflict and violence?; The future of nations in a United Europe; Explaining national identity: a theoretical closure.