Community of Citizens: On the Modern Idea of Nationality

-Schnapper devotes her latest book, brief but intelligent and dense, to the concept of the nation.- --Fra DEGREESois Furet, Le Nouvel Observateur -For its richness and its coherence, the work of Dominique Schnapper marks incontestably an advance in the reflection, already abundant, upon the idea of the nation, and no subsequent research will be able to proceed without taking it into account.- --Thomas Ferenczi, Le Monde des Livres -By strongly reaffirming the primacy of the political, which in turn influences the economic and the social, Schnapper establishes her place in the French sociological tradition of Montesquieu and Tocqueville.- --Philippe Seguin, President de L'Assemblee Nationale -Why is it necessary to read this learned, profound and emotional essay by Dominique Schnapper? [So that] the principle of our own unity and identity will survive.- --Jean-Claude Casanova, L'Express -Schnapper's Community of Citizens rightly takes its place as one of the few, important analyses of the nation that are deserving of our attention.- --Steven Grosby, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Schnapper devotes her latest book, brief but intelligent and dense, to the concept of the nation." --Fra DEGREESois Furet, Le Nouvel Observateur "For its richness and its coherence, the work of Dominique Schnapper marks incontestably an advance in the reflection, already abundant, upon the idea of the nation, and no subsequent research will be able to proceed without taking it into account." --Thomas Ferenczi, Le Monde des Livres "By strongly reaffirming the primacy of the political, which in turn influences the economic and the social, Schnapper establishes her place in the French sociological tradition of Montesquieu and Tocqueville." --Philippe Seguin, President de L'Assemblee Nationale "Why is it necessary to read this learned, profound and emotional essay by Dominique Schnapper? [So that] the principle of our own unity and identity will survive." --Jean-Claude Casanova, L'Express "Schnapper's Community of Citizens rightly takes its place as one of the few, important analyses of the nation that are deserving of our attention." --Steven Grosby, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Schnapper devotes her latest book, brief but intelligent and dense, to the concept of the nation." --Fra DEGREESois Furet, Le Nouvel Observateur "For its richness and its coherence, the work of Dominique Schnapper marks incontestably an advance in the reflection, already abundant, upon the idea of the nation, and no subsequent research will be able to proceed without taking it into account." --Thomas Ferenczi, Le Monde des Livres "By strongly reaffirming the primacy of the political, which in turn influences the economic and the social, Schnapper establishes her place in the French sociological tradition of Montesquieu and Tocqueville." --Philippe Seguin, President de L'Assemblee Nationale "Why is it necessary to read this learned, profound and emotional essay by Dominique Schnapper? [So that] the principle of our own unity and identity will survive." --Jean-Claude Casanova, L'Express "Schnapper's Community of Citizens rightly takes its place as one of the few, important analyses of the nation that are deserving of our attention." --Steven Grosby, Ethnic and Racial Studies "For its richness and its coherence, the work of Dominique Schnapper marks incontestably an advance in the reflection, already abundant, upon the idea of the nation, and no subsequent research will be able to proceed without taking it into account." --Thomas Ferenczi, Le Monde des Livres