the nation Flashcards
(12 cards)
1
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name 3 key scholars on the nation and the year of publish
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anderson 1983, renan 1882, smith 1986
2
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what was andersons theory on the nation
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- nations are imagined communities
- nationalism is a modern concept rising from the fall of empires and rise of print media
3
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what was renan’s theory on the nation
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- not defined by language, race or geography but by shared history and collective will
- contested the nature of national identity
4
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what was smiths theory on the nation
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nations have ethnic cores that predate nationalism
5
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what are some case studies of nations
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- native tribes in usa
- transnistria
- russian claim over parts of ukraine
- french expansion of their language and monarchy in the 18th century
6
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what do modernists believe
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- the nation is a modern construct, a set of invented traditions (hobsbawn 1990)
- nationalism invents nations where they do not exist (gellner 1983)
7
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what do revisionists believe
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- nations draw on pre-existing ethnic cores
- nation is a modern construct but builds on some forms of proto-national identity
8
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how can nations be seen as imagined communities
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- conceived as deep horizontal comradeship despite large inequality
- imagined because no member can know everyone a part of the nation
9
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what are some key features of the nation
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- shared identity: ethnicity, language
- historical narrative: shared past
- cultural markers: flags, national holidays
- territorial connection: homeland
10
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what is nationalism
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the political ideology that seeks to promote and protect the interests and sovereignty of the people
11
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what are some benefits of nationalism
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- promoted liberation movements
- drove the nations in to states
12
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what are critiques of nationalism
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- promote exclusion and conflict
- can turn diversity in to division
