Scholars of nationalism
Anne McClintock
Anne McClintock is a renowned writer, feminist scholar and public intellectual who has published widely on issues of sexuality, race, imperialism, and nationalism; popular and visual culture, ph...
Anne McClintock is a renowned writer, feminist scholar and public intellectual who has published widely on issues of sexuality, race, imperialism, and nationalism; popular and visual culture, ph...
Anthony D. Smith
Anthony D. Smith (born 1939) is Professor Emeritus of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationa...
Anthony D. Smith (born 1939) is Professor Emeritus of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationa...
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens is a British sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies.
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens is a British sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies.
Arend Lijphart
Arend d'Angremond Lijphart is a world renowned political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics.
Arend d'Angremond Lijphart is a world renowned political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics.
Aviel Roshwald
Aviel Roshwald is an American historian and Professor of history at Georgetown University.
Aviel Roshwald is an American historian and Professor of history at Georgetown University.
Benedict Anderson
Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (born August 26, 1936) is Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University, and is best known ...
Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (born August 26, 1936) is Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University, and is best known ...
Bernard Yack
Bernard Yack is a Canadian born American political theorist.
Bernard Yack is a Canadian born American political theorist.
Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary (born 19 March 1958) is an Irish political scientist, who is Lauder Professor of Political Science and Director of the Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict at the University of Pennsy...
Brendan O'Leary (born 19 March 1958) is an Irish political scientist, who is Lauder Professor of Political Science and Director of the Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict at the University of Pennsy...
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes, Ph.D. was an American educator and European historian, and an intellectual leader of Catholics in America.
Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes, Ph.D. was an American educator and European historian, and an intellectual leader of Catholics in America.
Charles Taylor (philosopher)
Charles Margrave Taylor, (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec best known for his contributions in political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, and ...
Charles Margrave Taylor, (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec best known for his contributions in political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, and ...
Charles Tilly
Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society.
Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society.
Clifford Geertz
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three...
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three...
Craig Calhoun
Craig Calhoun is an American sociologist and an advocate of using social science to address issues of public concern.
Craig Calhoun is an American sociologist and an advocate of using social science to address issues of public concern.
David Miller (political theorist)
David Miller is a British political theorist.
David Miller is a British political theorist.
Donald L. Horowitz
Donald L. Horowitz is James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke Law School and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
Donald L. Horowitz is James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke Law School and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
E. H. Carr
Edward Hallett "Ted" Carr CBE (28 June 1892 – 3 November 1982) was a liberal and later Marxist dale veasey
Edward Hallett "Ted" Carr CBE (28 June 1892 – 3 November 1982) was a liberal and later Marxist dale veasey
Edward Said
Edward Wadie Saïd was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and advocate for Palestinian rights.
Edward Wadie Saïd was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and advocate for Palestinian rights.
Elie Kedourie
Elie Kedourie C.B.E., FBA (25 January 1926 – 29 June 1992) was a British historian of the Middle East.
Elie Kedourie C.B.E., FBA (25 January 1926 – 29 June 1992) was a British historian of the Middle East.
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL is a British Marxist historian, public intellectual, and author.
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL is a British Marxist historian, public intellectual, and author.
Ernest Gellner
Ernest André Gellner was a French philosopher and social anthropologist, described by The Daily Telegraph when he died as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals and by The Independ...
Ernest André Gellner was a French philosopher and social anthropologist, described by The Daily Telegraph when he died as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals and by The Independ...
Ernest L. Hettich
Ernest Leopold Hetthich (1897–1973) was an American scholar of classics.
Ernest Leopold Hetthich (1897–1973) was an American scholar of classics.
Francisco Gil-White
Francisco Gil-White (born July 1969) is an anthropologist who was Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2006 and lecturer at the Solomon Asch Centre fo...
Francisco Gil-White (born July 1969) is an anthropologist who was Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2006 and lecturer at the Solomon Asch Centre fo...
Frank Salter
Frank Kemp Salter is an Australian academic and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology, Andechs, Germany, best known for his writings on ethnicity and ethnic interests.
Frank Kemp Salter is an Australian academic and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology, Andechs, Germany, best known for his writings on ethnicity and ethnic interests.
Fredrik Barth
Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth (born 1928) is a Norwegian social anthropologist who has published several ethnographic books with a clear formalistic view.
Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth (born 1928) is a Norwegian social anthropologist who has published several ethnographic books with a clear formalistic view.
Fredy Perlman
Fredy Perlman was an author, publisher and activist.
Fredy Perlman was an author, publisher and activist.
Friedrich Meinecke
Friedrich Meinecke (October 20, 1862 – February 6, 1954) was a German Liberal and historian, probably the most famous German historian of his generation.
Friedrich Meinecke (October 20, 1862 – February 6, 1954) was a German Liberal and historian, probably the most famous German historian of his generation.
George Grant (philosopher)
George Parkin Grant, OC, FRSC (November 13, 1918 – September 27, 1988) was a Canadian philosopher, teacher and political commentator, whose popular appeal peaked in the late 1960s and 1970s.
George Parkin Grant, OC, FRSC (November 13, 1918 – September 27, 1988) was a Canadian philosopher, teacher and political commentator, whose popular appeal peaked in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Hans Kohn
Hans Kohn (הַנְס כֹּהן, or הנס קוהן, September 15, 1891 – March 16, 1971) was a Jewish philosopher and historian.
Hans Kohn (הַנְס כֹּהן, or הנס קוהן, September 15, 1891 – March 16, 1971) was a Jewish philosopher and historian.
Hisham Sharabi
Hisham Sharabi (1927 Jaffa, Palestine–2005 Beirut, Lebanon) was Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University, where he was a specialist in Eur...
Hisham Sharabi (1927 Jaffa, Palestine–2005 Beirut, Lebanon) was Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University, where he was a specialist in Eur...
Iris Marion Young
Iris Marion Young was Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and affiliated with the Center for Gender Studies and the Human Rights program there.
Iris Marion Young was Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and affiliated with the Center for Gender Studies and the Human Rights program there.
James Fearon
James D. Fearon PhD (UC Berkeley) is the Theodore and Francis Geballe Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Stanford University, known for his work o...
James D. Fearon PhD (UC Berkeley) is the Theodore and Francis Geballe Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Stanford University, known for his work o...
James Tully (philosopher)
James Hamilton Tully, FRSC (born 1946) is a teacher and Canadian philosopher of civic freedom and political struggles.
James Hamilton Tully, FRSC (born 1946) is a teacher and Canadian philosopher of civic freedom and political struggles.
Joshua Fishman
Joshua Aaron Fishman, (born July 18, 1926) is an American linguist who specializes in the sociology of language, language planning, bilingual education, and language and ethnicity.
Joshua Aaron Fishman, (born July 18, 1926) is an American linguist who specializes in the sociology of language, language planning, bilingual education, and language and ethnicity.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Karl Deutsch
Karl Wolfgang Deutsch (1912–1992) was a Czech social and political scientist from a German speaking family.
Karl Wolfgang Deutsch (1912–1992) was a Czech social and political scientist from a German speaking family.
Liah Greenfeld
Liah Greenfeld (born 1954) is a professor of Political Science and Sociology and the Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences at Boston University.
Liah Greenfeld (born 1954) is a professor of Political Science and Sociology and the Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences at Boston University.
Louis Leo Snyder
Louis Leo Snyder (1907–1993) was an American-born German scholar who witnessed the Nazi mass meetings and wrote about them in Hitlerism: The Iron Fist in Germany.
Louis Leo Snyder (1907–1993) was an American-born German scholar who witnessed the Nazi mass meetings and wrote about them in Hitlerism: The Iron Fist in Germany.
M.T. Mehdi
Mohammed (sometimes spelled "Mohammad") Taki Mehdi, commonly M.T. Mehdi (January 6, 1928 - February 15, 1998) was an Iraqi-American based in New York.
Mohammed (sometimes spelled "Mohammad") Taki Mehdi, commonly M.T. Mehdi (January 6, 1928 - February 15, 1998) was an Iraqi-American based in New York.
Margaret Canovan
Margaret Canovan (born 1939) is an English political theorist.
Margaret Canovan (born 1939) is an English political theorist.
Michael Billig
Michael Billig is Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University.
Michael Billig is Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University.
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Grant Ignatieff (; born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician.
Michael Grant Ignatieff (; born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician.
Michael Keating (political scientist)
Michael Keating (born 2 February 1950) is a political scientist specialising in nationalism, European politics, regional politics and devolution.
Michael Keating (born 2 February 1950) is a political scientist specialising in nationalism, European politics, regional politics and devolution.
Michael Mann (sociologist)
Michael Mann (born 1942) is a British-born professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Visiting Research Professor at Queen's University Belfast.
Michael Mann (born 1942) is a British-born professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Visiting Research Professor at Queen's University Belfast.
Michel Seymour
Michel Seymour (born 1954) is a Québécois philosopher and professor at the Université de Montréal, where he has been teaching analytical philosophy (philosophy of language and philosophy of mind...
Michel Seymour (born 1954) is a Québécois philosopher and professor at the Université de Montréal, where he has been teaching analytical philosophy (philosophy of language and philosophy of mind...
Miroslav Hroch
Prof. Miroslav Hroch (born 14 June 1932 in Prague) is a Czech historian and political theorist and a professor at the Charles University in Prague.
Prof. Miroslav Hroch (born 14 June 1932 in Prague) is a Czech historian and political theorist and a professor at the Charles University in Prague.
Otto Bauer
Otto Bauer (September 5, 1881 – July 4, 1938) was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency.
Otto Bauer (September 5, 1881 – July 4, 1938) was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency.
Pierre L. van den Berghe
Pierre L. van den Berghe (born 1933) is professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at the University of Washington, where he has worked since 1965.
Pierre L. van den Berghe (born 1933) is professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at the University of Washington, where he has worked since 1965.
R. Radhakrishnan
Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan, commonly known as R. Radhakrishnan, is professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and is considered one of the leading po...
Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan, commonly known as R. Radhakrishnan, is professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and is considered one of the leading po...
Robert A. Scalapino
Robert Anthony Scalapino was an American political scientist particularly involved in East Asian studies.
Robert Anthony Scalapino was an American political scientist particularly involved in East Asian studies.
Rogers Brubaker
Rogers Brubaker (born 1956) is an American sociologist, and professor at University of California, Los Angeles.
Rogers Brubaker (born 1956) is an American sociologist, and professor at University of California, Los Angeles.
Rudolf Rocker
Johann Rudolf Rocker (March 25, 1873– September 19, 1958) was an anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist.
Johann Rudolf Rocker (March 25, 1873– September 19, 1958) was an anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist.
Rupert Emerson
Rupert Emerson was a professor of political science and international relations.
Rupert Emerson was a professor of political science and international relations.
Stefan Berger
Stefan Heinrich Berger is Professor of Modern German and Comparative European History at the University of Manchester, UK. He specializes in nationalism and national identity studies, labour stu...
Stefan Heinrich Berger is Professor of Modern German and Comparative European History at the University of Manchester, UK. He specializes in nationalism and national identity studies, labour stu...
Stefan Wolff
Stefan Wolff is a German political scientist.
Stefan Wolff is a German political scientist.
Steven Grosby
Steven Grosby is Professor of Religion at Clemson University.
Steven Grosby is Professor of Religion at Clemson University.
Tariq Modood
Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol.
Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo.
Tom Nairn
Tom Nairn Born in born 2 June 1932 in Freuchie, Fife is a Scottish theorist of nationalism.
Tom Nairn Born in born 2 June 1932 in Freuchie, Fife is a Scottish theorist of nationalism.
Walker Connor
Walker Connor (born 1926) is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vermont, USA).
Walker Connor (born 1926) is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vermont, USA).
Will Kymlicka
Will Kymlicka is a Canadian political philosopher best known for his work on multiculturalism.
Will Kymlicka is a Canadian political philosopher best known for his work on multiculturalism.
Yuli Tamir
Yael "Yuli" Tamir (יולי תמיר, born 26 February 1954) is an Israeli academic and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2010, and as Minister...
Yael "Yuli" Tamir (יולי תמיר, born 26 February 1954) is an Israeli academic and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2010, and as Minister...
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