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IAFS 1000 Memory and Forgetting
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Today’s Outline Nationalism Ernest Renan Case-Study in Nationalism Writing Discussion
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Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation?” (1882) Possible factors: –history –race –language
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Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation?” (1882) Possible factors: –religion –mutual interests –geography
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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.”
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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
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What is Nationalism? Collective state of mind Loyalty to nation Basis in commonalities or differences?
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What is Nationalism? Nation-state: the nationalist goal Colonial roots –language –education –categorization
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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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http://boston.redsox.mlb.com;http://gonewengland.about.com; http://eastcoastwestcoast.typepad.com/eastcoastwestcoast/images/red_sox_win_globe.jpg;http://eastcoastwestcoast.typepad.com/eastcoastwestcoast/images/red_sox_win_globe.jpg http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/city_desk_wired/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/sock1.jpg http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/resources/2008/02/clemensbigbig.jpg [images: New England map, Fenway park, Carl Yastremski, Schilling’ bloody sock, Clemens testifying]
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http://boston.redsox.mlb.com;http://gonewengland.about.com; http://eastcoastwestcoast.typepad.com/eastcoastwestcoast/images/red_sox_win_globe.jpg
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