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Flashcards by appleberrycrush, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by appleberrycrush
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| Question | Answer |
| What is a nation? Ideal Material Nation-state Plurinationalism | Imagined Communities States allocates resources to nationals Belief that every state has a nation multiple and competing national identities |
| Determinants of a nation | People had very localized identities throughout history (village, family, region) great transformation needed to assemble these people to form one identity Didn't start til 18th or 19th century Number of factors cause of national identity: role of states important |
| Eugen Weber How did a French nation emerge? | State-building nationalism |
| State-building nationalism promotes | Military conscription Transportation Govt presence Education * |
| Education | Promoted nationalism by focusing on linguistic unity (language): underpinning of nation Hundreds of dialects -> French Took 50 years of free and mandatory education Key: female education |
| Literacy | Allowed people to gain access to print-media emphasizing French nation National newspapers covered national events; replaced local goggles Novels: tour de france |
| Socialization | Taught students they were French Idea of patriotism and new concepts that helped make sense of this nation (fatherland); maps |
| Two critiques of Weber | 1. Overly emphasized the role of the state and ignored other factors 2. Overlooks the violence involved in state-building nationalism (prod. victims) |
| Critique #1 Additional Factors | History: long history of relatively centralized state (few as autonomous) French Revolution: removed regional elites and further centralized the state Timing: state building preceded nation building |
| Critique #2 3 types of Violence | 1. Conquest and Assimilation 2. Symbolic Exclusion 3. National Cleansing |
| Conquest and Assimilation | Forcibly integrated regions into a centralized French state Caused revolts that were put down (Vendée Rebellion) Coercion used as not everyone willingly assimilates |
| Symbolic Exclusion | Building an ingroup involved villainizing outgroup if you didn't conform, you were excluded, viewed as degenerate |
| National Cleansing | Religious homogeneity helped nationalism Led to killing of Protestants and others |
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