PSCI 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Personal Taste, Edward Said, Identity Politics
25 Jun 2018
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Department
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Anuj Sharma 100987657
PSCI 3307 - Politics of Human Rights
Instructor: Peter Atack
2018-05-16
Lecture Four
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Words, Concepts, Persons and Places:
Ernst Gelner, civic nationalism, ethnic nationalism, Ernst Renan, Daniel Defoe, Benedict
Anderson, imagined communities, weltanschauung, lebenswelt, Johann Gottfied Herder,
lebensformen, denkart, zusammenwirken, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Taras Shevchenko,
Bosniak, hadjuk, gusle, levee en masse, Emile Durkheim, anomie, Charles Taylor, authenticity,
Franz Fanon, Woodrow Wilson, national self-determination, multiculturalism.
Introduction and Learning Outcomes:
-Why do we regard nationalism as a human right?
-What are the kinds of nationalism?
-Odd justifications for nationalism: ethnicity, history and language.
-Foundation of the nation/state.
-Authenticity
-Canada’s odd love for multiculturalism
National Self-Determination as a Human Right:
-Collective rights are the third generation of rights
-Individuals are products of their communities
-Therefore, for individuals to be whole, their cultural identity must be recognized and
protected
-For example: Quebec and Canadian nationalism and indigenous rights
Roots of Nationalism:
-Ernst Gelner is “an agreement that the best form of government is being ruled by one’s
own.”
-Shapes the politics of 19th, 20th and now 21st Centuries and ends European Empires
-Patriotism was worth killing for by millions
Kinds of Nationalism:
-Civic nationalism: loyalty to institutions and political cultures
-For example: U.K. Parliamentary tradition and the monarchy
-France: revolutionary symbols of the storming of the Bastille and its glories
-Settler colonies of Australia, Canada and the U.S.A…. Constitution
Pledge of Allegiance – (Picture)
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Document Summary
Ernst gelner, civic nationalism, ethnic nationalism, ernst renan, daniel defoe, benedict. Anderson, imagined communities, weltanschauung, lebenswelt, johann gottfied herder, lebensformen, denkart, zusammenwirken, jacob and wilhelm grimm, taras shevchenko, Bosniak, hadjuk, gusle, levee en masse, emile durkheim, anomie, charles taylor, authenticity, Odd justifications for nationalism: ethnicity, history and language. Collective rights are the third generation of rights. Therefore, for individuals to be whole, their cultural identity must be recognized and protected. For example: quebec and canadian nationalism and indigenous rights. Ernst gelner is an agreement that the best form of government is being ruled by one"s own. Shapes the politics of 19th, 20th and now 21st centuries and ends european empires. Civic nationalism: loyalty to institutions and political cultures. France: revolutionary symbols of the storming of the bastille and its glories. Settler colonies of australia, canada and the u. s. a . Central claim for most nationalists shared blood a common background obvious to all.
