European scholars ignored the American origins of nationalism
Evidence
I was startled to discover, in many of the notices of Imagined Communities, that this Eurocentric provincialism remained quite undisturbed, and that the crucial chapter on the originating Americas was largely ignored. Unfortunately, I have found no better ‘instant’ solution to this problem than to retitle Chapter 4 as ‘Creole Pioneers.’ — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 23
Categorization
- SEED: Potential essay: ‘the retitle as argument’ — how a scholar uses a chapter name change as a blunt corrective when substantive argument failed to move a field.
- XREF: Connects to the broader critique of Eurocentric historiography, e.g. Dipesh Chakrabarty’s ‘Provincializing Europe.‘