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IAFS 1000 Memory and Forgetting. Today’s Outline. Nationalism Ernest Renan Case-Study in Nationalism Writing Discussion. Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation?” (1882). Possible factors: history race language. Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation?” (1882). Possible factors: religion
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Today’s Outline • Nationalism • Ernest Renan • Case-Study in Nationalism • Writing Discussion
Ernest Renan,“What is a Nation?” (1882) • Possible factors: • history • race • language
Ernest Renan,“What is a Nation?” (1882) • Possible factors: • religion • mutual interests • geography
Ernest Renan,“What is a Nation?” (1882) “Forgetting, I would even go so far as to say historical error, is a crucial factor in the creation of a nation.”
Benedict Anderson,Imagined Communities (1983) • Nation is an “imagined political community that is imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign” • Role of “print capitalism” http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ world/war/images/kurdistan1.gif Kurdistan
What is Nationalism? • Collective state of mind • Loyalty to nation • Basis in commonalities or differences?
What is Nationalism? • Nation-state: the nationalist goal • Colonial roots • language • education • categorization
How is Nationalism Defined? • Territory? • Common values—or in opposition to other values? • Common history? • Allegiance to one institution or group?
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