MMW 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Wield

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 14
• Professor: Steven Dennis Cassedy

Document Summary

Definition: gellner: theory of political legitimacy that requires that ethnic boundaries should not cut across political ones; ethnic boundaries within a given state should not separate the power-holders from the rest. Ideal form of nationalism: nation refers to the people, not to boundaries and government, nat = birth. What is a theory of political legitimacy: political legitimacy: right of the state to wield authority over its members, generally accepted notion. Ethnic boundaries should not cut across political ones. State should ideally contain all and only members of a single ethnic group. Subjective belief: means not objectively and factually established, people (cid:374)eed to thi(cid:374)k that they ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t, it does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)atter if they really do. Similarities of physical type: what we normally associate with race, ethnic groups are not the same as races. Customs: can be anything, including how we speak. Memorizes of colonization and migration: because it is a subjective belief, memories may be true/false.