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e main task of this paper is to present the most important paradigms operating in the social sciences in the Anglo-Saxons cultural circle after World War II. The paradigms overview starts from Primordialism discourse through Perennialism, Modernism toward Ethno-symbolism and Banal Nationalism melted into Pop cultural social behaviors. A series of debates on the description and operationalization of knowledge on titled is-sue has already been taken. What is more, chapter shows the concept of divers approach toward nationalism theory which still seems to be a novelty at the Central and Eastern European discourse.