Nationalism

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What is meant by the doctrine 'The Nation'
The belief the nation is and should be the central principle of political organisation.
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What is meant by the doctrine 'Organic Community'
The idea that nations are naturally formed each possessing a distinctive character and separate identity
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What is meant by the doctrine 'Culturalism'
The defence or strenghthening of cultural identity
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What is meant by the doctrine 'Self-Determination'
The collective general will of the people and the belief that nationhood and statehood are intrinsically linked
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Which liberal nationalist advocated 'self-determination'?
J.J Rousseau
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Which cultural nationalist advocated the idea of 'Volkesgeist'
Herder
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When was the idea of nationalism born?
French Revoloution 1789
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Nationalism can be based on what two things?
Cultural entities (language,religion,common ancestor) and ethnic or racial unity
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What is meant by 'Primordial bonds'?
The belief that nations are deep rooted out of psychology, culture and biology
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What is meant by 'Civic Nationalism'?
The importance of civic consciousness and patriotic loyalty. In this view nations can be multi-racial/multi-ethnic/multi-religious etc
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What do nationalists argue about the significance of a nation in terms of groups/identity?
'Higher loyalty' is attatched with the nation than any other social group or collective body.
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How do Primordialsit nationalists see national identity?
Historically embedded: rooted in a common cultural heritage and laguage. ~Characterised by deep emotional attatchments that resemble kinship ties.
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Which Primordialist nationalist stressed the continuity between mordern and pre-modern ethnic communites which he called 'ethnies'?
Anthony Smith
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How do modernist nationalists see nation identity?
As a response to changing situations and historical challenges
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Which Modernist nationalist linked modernization/industrialisation
Ernest Gellner
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What is the constructivist definiton of nation identity?
Nation identity is an ideological construct used to serve the needs of poweful groups
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Which contrustivist nationalist gives the idea of 'invented tradition'
Hobsbawm
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Give an example of unification to achieve a nation-state
Germany and the unifcation of 'two germanies' (east and west) under Bismark in 1990.
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Give an example of independence to achieve a nation-state
Poland in 1945
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What are the core themes of nationalism?
Self-determination, Organic Community, Culturalism and The Nation
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