“I propose the following definition of the nation: it is an imagined political community-and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign. It is imagined because the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow-members, meet… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
“Many people have complained that Imagined Communities is a difficult book and especially difficult to translate. The accusation is partly true. But a great deal of the difficulty lies not in the realm of ideas, but in its original polemical stance and its intended audience: the UK intelligentsia. This is why the book contains so many quotations from and allusions… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share
“The ideal way to start interesting research, at least in my view, is to depart from a problem or question to which you do… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
“All profound changes in consciousness, by their very nature, bring with them characteristic amnesias. Out of such oblivions, in specific historical circumstances, spring narratives…… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
“I propose the following definition of the nation: it is an imagined political community-and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign. It is imagined… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
“I began to realize something fundamental about field-work: that it is useless to concentrate exclusively on one's 'research project.' One has to be endlessly… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
This fraternity... makes it possible... for so many millions of people, not so much to kill, as willingly to die for such limited imaginings. — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
