The coiner of this term, J.G. Herder, linked it to the idea of Volk and the premise that each culture is a unique expression of humanitat, the human essence. Anthony D. Smith pioneered the interdisciplinary study of this concept, which did not exist 
The coiner of this term, J.G. Herder, linked it to the idea of Volk and the premise that each culture is a unique expression of humanitat, the human essence. Anthony D. Smith pioneered the interdisciplinary study of this concept, which did not exist in the "agro-literate" stage of history, but arose out of necessity for context-free communication in a modern industrial society, according to the work of Ernest Gellner. In another work, this concept is said to arise from "print-capitalism," which causes the emergence of the title Imagined Communities. For 10 points, name this concept, studied by Benedict Anderson, which describes the strong identification of a populace with its own state.
The coiner of this term, J.G. Herder, linked it to the idea of Volk and the premise that each culture is a unique expression of humanitat, the human essence.
{nationalism} [{no} other answer is acceptable]