Publication: Homogeneidad, minorías mercurianas y limpieza étnica: Revisión crítica de un tipo ideal gellneriano
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Esteban Sánchez, Valeriano
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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Este artículo examina críticamente el marco teórico de Ernest Gellner sobre la homogeneización cultural como rasgo estructural del nacionalismo moderno. A partir del concepto de minorías mercurianas, analiza cómo ciertas poblaciones diaspóricas, vinculadas a funciones de intermediación y con base territorial limitada, se convierten en objetivo prioritario de las políticas de homogeneización violenta. El texto pone a prueba este enfoque mediante el estudio del caso armenio, explorando la relación entre modernización, nacionalismo y limpieza étnica, y señalando la necesidad de integrar dimensiones geopolíticas e ideológicas para comprender la exclusión de minorías en procesos de construcción nacional.
This article critically examines Ernest Gellner’s theoretical framework on cultural homogenization as a structural feature of modern nationalism. Drawing on the concept of mercurian minorities, it analyses how certain diasporic populations, associated with intermediary functions and possessing limited territorial bases, become prime targets of violent homogenization policies. The article tests this framework through the Armenian case, exploring the relationship between modernization, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing. It argues for the need to incorporate geopolitical and ideological dimensions in order to better understand the exclusion of minority groups within broader processes of nation-building and political transformation.
This article critically examines Ernest Gellner’s theoretical framework on cultural homogenization as a structural feature of modern nationalism. Drawing on the concept of mercurian minorities, it analyses how certain diasporic populations, associated with intermediary functions and possessing limited territorial bases, become prime targets of violent homogenization policies. The article tests this framework through the Armenian case, exploring the relationship between modernization, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing. It argues for the need to incorporate geopolitical and ideological dimensions in order to better understand the exclusion of minority groups within broader processes of nation-building and political transformation.
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Revista internacional de pensamiento político, ISSN 1885-589X, Nº. 20, 2025, págs. 489-519




