This edition of Elie Kedourie's Nationalism brings back intoprint one of the classic texts of our times. With great eleganceand lucidity, the author traces the philosophical foundations ofthe nationalist doctrine, the conditions which gave rise to it, andthe political consequences of its spread in Europe and elsewhereover the past two centuries. As Isaiah Berlin wrote of the originaledition, "Kedourie's account of these ideas and their effect isexemplary: clear, learned and just." In a new introduction the author reflects upon the origins ofthe book and the relationship of his argument to contemporarynationalist conflicts.