IR 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Italian Unification, Unum, Civic Nationalism
15 Oct 2016
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A nation is an imagined community, imagined as both limited and sovereign (benedict anderson) Ancient roots, modern motives ethnic vs civic nationalisms nationalisms for the state, nationalisms against the state. Banal nationalism: bill - symbols, mottos, exemplify national ideals (cid:281)e pluribus unum(cid:282) out of many, one. United states = civic nationalism, coming together of people with common ideals of liberty and equality. Otto von bismarck, prussian prime minister 1862-70, german. A changing balance of power within german confederation. 1841: prussia and austria have about 350km of railroads each. Napoleon iii"s dream of a europe of nations. Contained a vested interest in nationalism in italy and a unified. Napoleon worked with piedmont, helped with italian unification in return for receiving nice region. Duchy of savoy starts unification process, becomes kingdom of. France"s loss in franco-prussian war unites germany, reinvigorates nationalism in france over loss of alsace-lorraine.
