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Theories of Nationalism
Theories of Nationalism
Theories of Nationalism
IMAGINED COMMUNITIES
Key Concepts:
Nationality, Nation-ness,
Nationalism
are CULTURAL ARTEFACTS of a PARTICULAR KIND?
Why imagined?
Why Limited?
Why Sovereign?
Why a community?
Before the “ Nation” came in the18th century, how did
the people identify themselves
2 CULTURAL SYSTEMS:
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES ( Sacred language and
(Written script)
DYNASTIC REALMS
Print Capitalism and Nationalism
How did Nationalism spread across Europe and outside
Europe?
PRINT CAPITALISM
NATIONALISM
Created a unified fields of exchange and communication