ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Human Terrain System, Religious Nationalism, Richard Dawkins
30 Mar 2017
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Ethnicity wasn"t a determining factor, but over january to april you see people killing people; highlights idea that ethnic nationalism develops (you are not born with it it is imagined) Define ethnic community using a mixed bag of qualifiers (language, religion, shared territory) in this case, people used religion because they are all slavic and speak the same language. Gradually people did not see themselves as yugoslavian anymore and by the end of the film we see a situation where the neighbours are killing each other. Sense of national identity and pride is imaginary. Most people do not view their own identities as shaped by culture. They believe they are an intrinsic part of their being, that they are primordial and something one is born with think about how challenging it was for many of you to re-think the concept of race. We use naturalizing discourse to talk about nationalism. National blood flows through your veins; genetic heritage (dangerous)
