Theoretical Research On Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities

Benedict Anderson's national theory is reflected in the construction and demonstration of the path of national formation.He put forward the core concept of "national imagination",and through an encyclopedia-style argument,constructed the "imaginary community"-this new path of nation formation.This article focuses on this core and uses four chapters to discuss Anderson's imaginary community from different angles.The first chapter discusses the relationship between the life experience of the star scholar Anderson and the theory of imaginary community.First,study its academic background.Because of the unique use of language in academic works and the uniqueness of the argumentation materials,only the understanding of their academic background can understand the transformation of their unique diffusion argumentation and research methods.The second is to study the political and economic background of its academic formation.Anderson's experience has a great geographical span.He was born in China,grew up in Ireland,studied at Cambridge University in the UK,and worked at Cornell University in the United States.The background of his time is that after World War ?,when he was conducting academic research,he was in a period of confrontation in the Cold War.These special time points became the era factors for understanding Anderson's theory.This chapter presents a basic cognitive content,and also provides a logical foundation for the other three chapters.The second chapter is a textual discussion of Anderson's theory.First,there is a discussion that cannot be avoided by any ethnologist:the basic definition of nation and nationalism,because Anderson connects the nation and the community,and conducts it in the historical context Definition,this became the cognitive starting point of Anderson's theory.Secondly,it analyzes the specific elements of the imaginary community theory:starting from the cultural roots,it interprets and interprets in accordance with the logic of Anderson's work,focusing on comparative analysis and historical scene substitution at important nodes,trying to understand Anderson's deeper understanding of how different ethnic backgrounds Explain the"imagination content" of different nationalities.This chapter is the core content of the whole article.Only by comprehensively and rationally elaborating the text materials can we further compare the different theories.The third chapter is a comparison of the three nationalist theories.First of all,by adding a comparison with the objective path to further analyze the deficiencies of Anderson's theory,and secondly comparing with Smith's ethnic symbolism,through theoretical orientation and historical perspective,and the analysis of different factors such as the elite class's role,from the deep Understand the direction and narrative logic of the imagination community at a level,and then infiltrate into the "national imagination"more deeply.Chapter 4 discusses the impact of the imaginary community theory under the trend of globalization.Economic globalization has become the basic direction of current international exchanges and cooperation,and nation-states have become individual units.The article analyzes three perspectives:the transformation of identity under the influence of globalization,the universalization of religion,and the decline of national imagination.Imagine the direction of deconstruction of community theory.The article uses literature research,historical research,comparative research,and inductive research as a whole to conduct a holistic analysis of the theory of the imaginary community.From the era of Anderson,the article gradually and deeply analyzes Anderson's "national imagination" theory from different angles.