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Explore the complexities of reconciling competing nationalistic and non-nationalistic loyalties, from family ties to cultural traditions, amidst shifting societal landscapes. Delve into the interplay of identity, ideology, and activism in shaping individual and collective allegiances.
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Reconciling Loyalties 4 Nationalist & Non-Nationalist
To what extent should people reconcile their contending nationalist & non-nationalist loyalties?
Non-Nationalist Loyalty • Loyalties that are not embedded in the idea of nation. • Family loyalties
Inflation • Rising prices and a drop in the purchasing power of money.
Alienation • Being on the outside or being left out. • Often happens when people have been forced to sacrifice an important part of their identity. • China- Falun Gong- spiritual movement(collective consciousness)/under communism, religion outlawed. • Jailed/tortured
Contending Loyalties? • Country/Nation-state • Religion • Culture
Segregation • Forced separation of racial groups
The dividing line between nationalist and non-nationalist loyalties is not always clear. Loyalties not embedded in the idea of nation.
For Inuit People • Use every part of the seal. • Meat • Oil • Fur • Bones • Sinew • Cultural Business Development • Furs only “currency” they have/access to $$
Just like understandings of nationalism can change, their opinion of what is in the national interest may change or differ. Does nationalist loyalty shape your judgment? Explain.
Do you have to delete an old loyalty to make room for a new one? • Do people have an unlimited capacity for forming loyalties? • Interconnected web or hierarchy that ranks from least important to most important?
Nationalist & Non-Nationalist Loyalties Compete • Race & Nation • Class & Nation • Religion & Nation • Region & Nation
Living With Contending Loyalties • Choosing one loyalty over another (alienation). • Finding ways to include national and non-nationalist loyalties. • Reconciling the contending loyalties so they can coexist.
Living With Contending Loyalties • Fight to bring about change.
Living With Contending Loyalties • Fight to bring about change. • Racial • Religious • Gender • Class
Exam… 60 Questions • Republic • Monarchy (Absolute Monarchy/Divine Right of Kings) • Constitutional Monarchy
Exam… 60 Questions • Civic/Ethnic Nationalism
Exam… 60 Questions • How is nation-state different from nation? • A people • A shared idea/principle
Collective Consciousness • Multiple perspectives • Lack of shared symbols/lack of unity/lack of shared stories (myths)
Exam… 60 questions • REVIEW SPECIFIC LEGISLATION • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen-universal human rights- read it over • The Meech Lake Accord- constitutional ammendments • Bill 101-language law
Exam… 60 questions • What is the difference between Francopohone and “Quebecois?”
Exam… 60 questions • Napoleon- reforms? • Read again. • Create sense of nationalism • Whydidinfluence of Napoleon last long after he wasgone? • Spread of ideas
Exam… 60 questions • Who was “most responsible” for enlightenment ideas/French Revolution
Exam… 60 questions • Review understandings of nationalism- geographic, cultural, linguistic, etc.
Exam… 60 questions • Review factors that shape nationalism/French Revolution. • Geographic, Social, Political, Economic
Exam… 60 questions • Reread “Quiet Revolution”- case study, chapter 3 • Master in their own house.
Exam… 60 questions • Oka crisis (page 82) • Dispute over land claims
Canadian Identity • Metis- ethnogenisis- • Birth of a nation/creative force of cultural contact