Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Washington Consensus, Neoliberalism, Historicity Of Homer
4 Oct 2016
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Lecture 5 - I do not know the name
The Washington Consensus is based on the neoliberalist approach
Key Terms
-Ethnic Group: Group or community claiming common language, religion, ancestry. Make a
claim they share important enough and distinct enough to separate them as a different kind of
people. ETHNICITY = CLAIMING
-Nation: Ethnicity plus DESIRE for political autonomy, usually statehood. Political PROJECT,
or political OUTCOME.
-Patriotism: Commitment to nation. Emotional attachment to, and pride in. One’s national
group
-Nationalism: Commitment to Nation’s political aspirations.
-Nation-state: Territory of State matches boundaries of national community
•This is rare (France, Italy, Japan)
•Most states are Multi-National (Canada, Nigeria)
-National Identity: Based on political aspirations (identifying oneself as a member of this
common group, with certain defining features - “I’m one of this group, and we have a plan and
project”)
-National Self-Determination: The principle supporting the creation of nation-states.
Cultural Nationalism
-Nation builds on ethnic foundations
•JG Herder: ‘Natural’ and durable. Nations developed organically, come from a particular
environment - have features similar to that environment. Sense of nationalism crystallizes,
people become a national group. Nationalism is naturally recognized by an individual when
they grow up in a group - central to their identity
•Anthony Smith: Adapted to modernity. Nations are not something we just “build” - they do
change in the modern era. Every nation is based on a STRONG historical foundation - out
of which nations are forged. The modern era can crystallize these states, but Smith thinks
these states can change over time, and grounded in the past
-Common justification for national liberation struggle
-Exclusive nationalism - they are distinguishable, can tell who is a member and who is not.
The more reliant on cultural nationalism, the more EXCLUSIVE it will be
Cultural Nationalism: Why ‘Cultural’ not ‘Ethnic’?
-‘Ethnicity’ substitute for ‘race’.
-Key subjective component - Beliefs, culture. Groups have certain features that are very
IMPORTANT, however, modern society might not recognize them. Eg, language ignored and
religion at the forefront.
-Therefore, there is a large amount of SELECTIVITY when defining a culture. Which culture?
Which parts? European countries usually have a HIGH CULTURE and low culture (one that
really matters, and then others that aren’t nationally recognized). Are you defined by the wars
you won, or the wars you lost?
-Under challenge, ethnicity and even race REASSERTED. the Trump phenomenon.
-Kwame A. Appiah: “History may have made us what we are; but the choice of a slice of the
past in a period before your birth as your own history is always exactly that: a choice!”
Political Nationalism - the state comes first, national community comes second
-Nation constructed on foundations of state:
•Borders, not culture (people only engage within borders, get a sense of commonality)
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Document Summary
Lecture 5 - i do not know the name. The washington consensus is based on the neoliberalist approach. Ethnic group: group or community claiming common language, religion, ancestry. Make a claim they share important enough and distinct enough to separate them as a different kind of people. Nation: ethnicity plus desire for political autonomy, usually statehood. Nation-state: territory of state matches boundaries of national community: this is rare (france, italy, japan, most states are multi-national (canada, nigeria) National identity: based on political aspirations (identifying oneself as a member of this common group, with certain de ning features - i"m one of this group, and we have a plan and project ) National self-determination: the principle supporting the creation of nation-states. Nation builds on ethnic foundations: jg herder: natural" and durable. Nations developed organically, come from a particular environment - have features similar to that environment. Sense of nationalism crystallizes, people become a national group.
