本尼迪克特.安德森 (Benedict Anderson )认为,印刷术促使支离破碎的欧洲大陆上共用一种语言的读者自视为“想象共同体”,这对现代民族国家的形成极为重要。
BenedictAndersonthoughtprint helped readersof a commonlanguage in a highly fragmentedEurope think of themselves as an "imaginedcommunity, " crucial to formingthemodernnation-state.