Lecture 6 - Nationalism

Question 1

Nationhood decides tastes, views, and even ideas about ……..

Answer 1

destiny

Question 2

The ________ is a recent phenomenon, but the state is not

Answer 2

nation-state

Question 3

History of states go back …

Answer 3

5-7 thousand years

Question 4

The state, as a stratified society, first emerged in the …

Answer 4

flood plains between Tigris and Euphrates (Sumeria) in what is now Iraq (but emerged independently in many other places around the world)

Question 5

3 origins of states

Answer 5

1. pop increase 2. agro surplus 3. conflict

Question 6

How does 1. population increase – create states?

Answer 6

1. pop increase / builds an agricultural network

Question 7

How does 2. agro surplus – create states?

Answer 7

Supports / subsidizes elites.

Question 8

How does 3. conflict – create states?

Answer 8

3. External conflicts form states through defense / OR strong groups conquer weaker ones and become heads of state

Question 9

The year 2000 is central to this course?

Answer 9

1400’s

Question 10

Pre-modern states are different than modern nation-states how? (1)

Answer 10

Porous borders

Question 11

Pre-modern states are different than modern nation-states how? (2)

Answer 11

less presence and control

Question 12

Pre-modern states are different than modern nation-states how? (3)

Answer 12

subjects didn’t identify with the state / national community

Question 13

People didn’t really care about “pre-modern states” – and this is hardly a platform for the creation of “nations” – so … what’s the important question here?

Answer 13

How did people come to identify themselves as members of a national community, a vague abstraction?

Question 14

(How did nations come about?) Start of 19th century – 2 main problems =

Answer 14

1. crisis of political legitimacy 2. problem of economic integration

Question 15

(How did nations come about?) – what kind of “right” did Royals have?

Answer 15

divine right

Question 16

(How did nations come about?) – what did Merchants do to create capitalism?

Answer 16

bought out the Royals / and their stupid land

Question 17

(How did nations come about?) – how did states turn into nations?

Answer 17

unifying a heterogenous population by “what they have in common”

Question 18

(How did nations come about?) – what MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT made nations more possible?

Answer 18

PRINT CAPITALISM (Bibles & stuff)

Question 19

(How did nations come about?) – why was PRINTING PRESS so important to creating nations?

Answer 19

Unifying languages / sharing news

Question 20

(How did nations come about?) – what is “meanwhileness”?

Answer 20

Looking at major events around the world but having a sense of “meanwhileness” regarding “being a Canadian during a long winter” or something – while this was happening.

Question 21

(How did nations come about?) – these last few questions, especially about the printing press and “meanwhileness” – came from which author?

Answer 21

Benedict Anderson

Question 22

All nations lead to Rome …

Answer 22

No. Nations lead to a global economy.

Question 23

(How did nations come about?) – What does “othering” accomplish?

Answer 23

“social closure”