3, Nationalism Flashcards
(10 cards)
What is a nation?
Benedict Anderson (1983) a nation is imagined bc members of a nation will never know most other members, only idealistically
Idealistic community: maps, languages, cultures, history, anthems, newspapers
What is Romantic Nationalism?
Johann Gottfried Herder:
Markers of nationality/national characteristics: folklore, music, culture, philosophy
Competition between nations (ex: Olympics)
What was Liberal Nationalism?
Ernst Rehan and John Stuart Mill
Nationalism allows democracy, can’t have a democracy without a nation
What did Sieyes’ ‘What is the third estate?’ say?
‘What is the Third Estate?’ everything, what has it had previously? nothing, what does it wish to become? Something
How did the French Revolution (re)define the nation?
Napoleon redraws lines – shows the established political order is changeable
Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) - redrawing of European borders after end of Napoleonic empire – artificial? not put there by God, not always been there
What is Modern Nationalism, and how did the French Revolution influence it?
Nationalism: belief that nations exist and are meaningful entities deserving one’s allegiance, state and nation should coincide
French Rev inspired struggles for national independence
When did the Serbians revolt against the Ottoman Empire?
Initially not too successful until 1814
Greeks revolt against the Ottoman Empire
Initial revolts 1821
1824-25: Civil War
1832, Greece recognised as an independent nation under King Otto I, appointed by the Greeks – many don’t respect him, neither does Europe
What was The Springtime of Peoples?
1848
Revolts by nations all over Europe: Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, etc.
Influenced by French rev, Siberian and Greek revolutions
Hungarians revolt against the Hapsburg Monarchy
1848
Russian troops to help crush revolt
1867 Habsburgs give Hungarians special privileges (semi-autonomy) in the Empire – empire split into Austria-Hungarian Empire
