HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: American Revolution, Public Culture, Territorial Nationalism
12 Nov 2020
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Nationalism = an ideological movement for the attainment and maintenance of autonomy, unity and identity of a human population, some of whose members conceive it to constitute an actual or potential "nation". Territorial nationalism of the french revolution and the west. Nation = territorial association of citizens living under the same laws and sharing a mass, public culture: ethnic. Nation = community of genealogical descent, vernacular culture, native history and popular mobilization. Suits dominant ethnicities, but not ethnic minorities and hence leads to national conflict. Nation = a named human population sharing an historic territory, common myths and memories, a mass, public culture, a single economy and common rights and duties for all members. State = a legal and political concept; an autonomous, public institution of coercion and extraction within a recognised territory. State precedes nationalism and rise of many nations. Lack of temporal and spatial fit nation and state is one of the main causes of today"s national conflicts.
