This book contends that there is a fundamental logic underlying the participation of non-elites in the nationalist enterprise. In order to understand this logic we must cast aside the standard myopia ingrained in most Rational Choice analysis.

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AMÍLCAR ANTONIO BARRETO is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

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Book Title: Nationalism and Its Logical Foundations
Authors: Amílcar Antonio Barreto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230100107
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61864-0Published: 13 October 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-10010-7Published: 28 September 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 188
Topics: Political Science, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Political History, US Politics

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Nationalism from Three Directions

Rationality’s Janus-like Nature

Modeling Social and Material Recompense

Ode to a Hero

Duty, Honor, and the Supreme Sacrifice

Conclusion

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