"I propose the following definition of the nation: it is an imagined political community."
— Nations

January 1, 1970

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ThemesEthnicityNationPolitical geographyPolitical science terminology
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Anderson, Benedict. 1983. Imagined Communities, London: Verso. (Anderson 1983, 6); quoted in Bryant, E. F. (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate. Oxford University Press. ch 13