CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: European Canadian, Canadian Identity, Eurocentrism
6 Mar 2017
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It is because it was founded by the indigenous peoples of canada. Colonial states are plagued by anxiety when deciding what type of nation it is. They were trying to build a white canada and by eradicating the first nations. Homi bhabha: success of colonization and the resulting nation is secretly marked by a radical anxiety about its age, claims and achievements. Hage: nation states such as canada are fantasies. He argues that there are five strategies in how they are told. It gives them a justification is that since they are the better, than they can build a better society. The theorists are trying to figure out what is the nation, they are always trying to assert their identity and protect their identities and control their identities. For example, canada is an imagined nation. Its plagued with anxiety because it is a colonial state.
