GEOG 2337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Folklore, Religious Nationalism
9 Feb 2020
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Primordialist theories: nations are derived from pre-modern ethnic attachments with deep historical roots, pre-urban origins folk culture and vernacular. Modernist theories: nations are invented, by-products of industrialization, state building, colonialism and capitalism, all about politics, economics, and the needs of the state. Religious/social sentiment: as a reaction against modernism and isolation, filling a metaphysical need. Social construction theories: nations and nationalism are a discursive phenomenon, a way of speaking or patterning that shapes consciousness, communities of people that are imagined through a series of nationalists and symbols rather than actual communities. Typology: civic nationalism state derives authority from active citizenry for represent the will of the people, social contracts, rationalism, and liberalism (usa) Language: flags, anthems, stamps, holidays, currency, military, biological affiliations, food, histories, art, monuments, capital cities, sports teams, shared beliefs, mottos, sacred sites. Nationalism and its geographic themes: habitat/folk culture environment and soil become cultural forms, rural life seen as more authentic.
