Who among the following is the author of the book, The Idea of Nationalism?

The correct answer is Hans Kohn.

Key Points

• One of the first modern writers on nationalism was American philosopher Hans Kohn, who published The Idea of Nationalism: A Study in Its Origins and Background in 1944.
•  It is regarded as a canonical work of political science.

• There are eight chapters in The Idea of Nationalism, each of which examines a specific period in European history.

• In Jewish and Greek antiquity, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and "the age of nationalism," the development of many ideas of nationalism was investigated.

• He also creates the distinction between non-Western ethnic nationalism and Western European civic nationalism, which is now known as the "Kohn Dichotomy" of nationalism.

•  Kohn looked at the Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland, the United States, and France as the five Western states,

Additional Information

 Other works are:

• American Nationalism
• Pan Slavism: Its history and ideology
• The mind of Germany
• The mind of Russia
• A history of Nationalism in the East.

Hence, the correct option is 3.