Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Eric Hobsbawm, Yugoslav Wars, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
25 Jan 2016
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The idea of the nation is generally said to have originated with the. There, the overthrow of king louis 16 in 1789 was justified in the name of the people that is, the french nation. Prior to this, individuals saw themselves as subjects of the particular kingdom they resided in. In other words, their identity was couched in the ruler and not their fellow people. The french revolution, however, was just the start of a wave of nationalist movements across europe. The most prominently examples included the unification of the disparate states in italy in 1861 and. This emerging nationalist sentiment was not limited to europe and spread overseas to countries throughout latin america, as well. In fact, the 1800s has generally been considered the century of nationalism. Ethnic groups are of interest, but their importance is not all that significant for political science unless they become politicized that is, when political and statist ideas develop within the group.
