ANTH20011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial Revolution, Individualism, Ethnic Nationalism
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A form of identification based on the idea of a group of people being related (through intermarriage, intergroup, etc. ) and sharing a culture. A form of identification based on the idea of a group of people being united by the desire to share a territory and a state. A period and associated set of ideas, attitudes and practices that emerged in the post-medieval era. Individualism - the sense in which we are beings which as driven by our own desires, not by crude attachment (family, nation, etc. ) Nationalism - a very recent form of identification and socio/culturally-political pov. The most important form of identification for rationalising how our word is ordered. It impacts all levels of human experience from everyday life through high politics. e. g. ) The study of other cultures and our own. In order to understand the diversity of cultures and world views that are out there. In an attempt to understand the commonalities across those diverse world views.