1. IAFS 1000 Memory and Forgetting

2. Today’s Outline Nationalism Ernest Renan Case-Study in Nationalism Writing Discussion

3. Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation?” (1882) Possible factors: –history –race –language

4. Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation?” (1882) Possible factors: –religion –mutual interests –geography

5. Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation?” (1882) “Forgetting, I would even go so far as to say historical error, is a crucial factor in the creation of a nation.”

6. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities (1983) Nation is an “imagined political community that is imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign” Role of “print capitalism” http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ world/war/images/kurdistan1.gif Kurdistan

7. What is Nationalism? Collective state of mind Loyalty to nation Basis in commonalities or differences?

8. What is Nationalism? Nation-state: the nationalist goal Colonial roots –language –education –categorization

9. How is Nationalism Defined? Territory? Common values—or in opposition to other values? Common history? Allegiance to one institution or group?

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