IAFS 1000 Memory and Forgetting

Announcement Paper draft now due Nov 26 Guidelines on course website: 3-5 pages long (?) One-para progress statement re how draft answers proposal questions Graded pass/fail

Tips for Writing Drafts Refine your ideas Include a working thesis if you want Think about possible arguments Be “confused on a higher level”

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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