PSCI 2102 Lecture Notes - Ethnic Nationalism, Friedrich Nietzsche, The Star-Spangled Banner
7 Jul 2014
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Class 7 psci2102b february 25, 2014. Global south got handed governments quickly after wwii. How do you generate legitimacy: nationalism, claiming a national identity. Makes less sense outside of western europe. Agreement that best form of government is being ruled by your own: what is your own, who is friend and who is foe becomes a basis of modern politics, identifying with someone in your community. Has a historical conjuncture; comes into being in a place/space in time: westphalian system, system of sovereign western states. 1648, end wars of religion in western europe via treaty of westphalia: nation-state new form of loyalty rather than religion. Loyal to civic institutions of nation-states: e. g. , the queen. A symbol of the crown and parliamentary politics: americans swear allegiance to flag and constitution. Pledging allegiance to institutions: way to get everyone trusting government, trusting each other, and make an agreement to resolve conflicts by elections and institutions.
