<P> In "The Philosophy of Nationalism", Paul Gibert breaks down what he thinks a nation is and his ideas contrast those of both Anderson and Gellner . In the book, Gilbert acknowledges that nations are many things . Gilbert says nations are: </P> <P> Nominalist: Whatever a group of people who consider themselves a nation say a nation is </P> <P> Voluntarist: "Group of people bound by a commonly - willed nation" </P> <P> Territorial: Group of people located in the same proximity, or territory </P>

Who evolved the national consciousness as a formal concept