Imagined Communities
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11
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All Themes The Nation as Imagined Community Language, Publishing, and Identity Centralization, Technology, and Power Piracy and the Uses of History
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All Characters José Rizal
Terms
All Terms Marxism Proletariat Bourgeoisie Liberalism Sovereignty The Enlightenment Republic Vernacular Creole Popular Nationalism Official Nationalism New Guinea Homogeneous, Empty Time Print-Capitalism
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All Symbols The Pilgrimage
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Imagined Communities

by Benedict Anderson
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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
Themes
  • All Themes
  • The Nation as Imagined Community Theme Icon
    The Nation as Imagined Community
  • Language, Publishing, and Identity Theme Icon
    Language, Publishing, and Identity
  • Centralization, Technology, and Power Theme Icon
    Centralization, Technology, and Power
  • Piracy and the Uses of History Theme Icon
    Piracy and the Uses of History
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • José Rizal
Terms
  • All Terms
  • Marxism
  • Proletariat
  • Bourgeoisie
  • Liberalism
  • Sovereignty
  • The Enlightenment
  • Republic
  • Vernacular
  • Creole
  • Popular Nationalism
  • Official Nationalism
  • New Guinea
  • Homogeneous, Empty Time
  • Print-Capitalism
Symbols
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  • The Pilgrimage Symbol Icon
    The Pilgrimage
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The Pilgrimage

Anderson uses anthropologist Victor Turner’s analysis of the pilgrimage to represent one way in which the administrative structure of European empires contributed to the structure of nationalist movements in former colonies. He sees the creole…

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