Siniša Malešević is Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at the University College, Dublin, and Senior Fellow at CNAM, Paris. He is the author of the award winning books Grounded Nationalisms (Cambridge, 2019) and Why Humans Fight (Cambridge, 2022). His work has been translated into fourteen languages.

'This book offers an empirically grounded general theory of nationalism - something that studies of nationalism have been lacking and mourning the absence of. In providing such a theory and applying it to an impressive number of case studies across space and time, it constitutes a landmark and an indispensable piece of literature for everyone with an interest in nationalism. It is a crowning achievement of Siniša Malešević, confirming his position as a world-leading scholar in nationalism studies.' Benedikte Brincker, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

• Acknowledgements; Introduction: living in a nation-centric world; 1. Nationalism as a way of life; 2. Between the imperial and the national worlds; 3. From the religious to the national subjectivities; 4. The national movements and the imperial discontent; 5. The golden age and the nationalist narratives; 6. From civic to ethnic grounding of nationhood; 7. Nationalising war victories and war defeats; 8. Warriors, civilians, and the spirit of nationalism; 9. From deep comradeship to nationalist subjectivities; 10. Imagined communities and imaginary plots; 11. Beyond the nation-centric realities; Conclusion: modern subjectivities as nationalist subjectivities; References; Index.

Siniša Malešević is Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at the University College, Dublin, and Senior Fellow at CNAM, Paris. He is the author of the award winning books Grounded Nationalisms (Cambridge, 2019) and Why Humans Fight (Cambridge, 2022). His work has been translated into fourteen languages.

'This book offers an empirically grounded general theory of nationalism - something that studies of nationalism have been lacking and mourning the absence of. In providing such a theory and applying it to an impressive number of case studies across space and time, it constitutes a landmark and an indispensable piece of literature for everyone with an interest in nationalism. It is a crowning achievement of Siniša Malešević, confirming his position as a world-leading scholar in nationalism studies.' Benedikte Brincker, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

• Acknowledgements; Introduction: living in a nation-centric world; 1. Nationalism as a way of life; 2. Between the imperial and the national worlds; 3. From the religious to the national subjectivities; 4. The national movements and the imperial discontent; 5. The golden age and the nationalist narratives; 6. From civic to ethnic grounding of nationhood; 7. Nationalising war victories and war defeats; 8. Warriors, civilians, and the spirit of nationalism; 9. From deep comradeship to nationalist subjectivities; 10. Imagined communities and imaginary plots; 11. Beyond the nation-centric realities; Conclusion: modern subjectivities as nationalist subjectivities; References; Index.

Siniša Malešević is Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at the University College, Dublin, and Senior Fellow at CNAM, Paris. He is the author of the award winning books Grounded Nationalisms (Cambridge, 2019) and Why Humans Fight (Cambridge, 2022). His work has been translated into fourteen languages.

'This book offers an empirically grounded general theory of nationalism - something that studies of nationalism have been lacking and mourning the absence of. In providing such a theory and applying it to an impressive number of case studies across space and time, it constitutes a landmark and an indispensable piece of literature for everyone with an interest in nationalism. It is a crowning achievement of Siniša Malešević, confirming his position as a world-leading scholar in nationalism studies.' Benedikte Brincker, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

• Acknowledgements; Introduction: living in a nation-centric world; 1. Nationalism as a way of life; 2. Between the imperial and the national worlds; 3. From the religious to the national subjectivities; 4. The national movements and the imperial discontent; 5. The golden age and the nationalist narratives; 6. From civic to ethnic grounding of nationhood; 7. Nationalising war victories and war defeats; 8. Warriors, civilians, and the spirit of nationalism; 9. From deep comradeship to nationalist subjectivities; 10. Imagined communities and imaginary plots; 11. Beyond the nation-centric realities; Conclusion: modern subjectivities as nationalist subjectivities; References; Index.