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A modernist beyond modernization theory: Walker Connor and his time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

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Daniele Conversi*
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Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, SpainDepartment of Contemporary History, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
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Walker Connor (1926–2017) was one of the finest twentieth-century thinkers in political science and a pioneer in the study of nationalism, having helped to identify some of the key issues and problems in his area of study. First and foremost, he finely diagnosed the misuse of the predominant terminology at the time; this was pervaded by the simplistic “modernization paradigm” with its unilinear vision of progress and unshakable faith in state-led “nation building” – which Connor elegantly dismantled (Connor 1969, 1972, 1978). Some of his most influential articles were collected in the book Ethnonationalism: The Quest for Understanding (Connor 1994).

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Walker Connor Tribute
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 45 , Issue 5 , September 2017, pp. 739 - 741
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Copyright © 2017 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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