Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Nationalism, Imagined Community, Canadian Identity
8 Mar 2018
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There are certain differences that drive change. Types of cleavages: can turn on our identity or economic status, where you live, language do. Differences can also be grouped around groups, government. Debate in canada of what it should look like between groups. Cleavages in canadian politics: you speak, what we believe in. Much of history is a struggle to figure out who we are. Citizenship -> canadian state -> border, territory, recognition. Nationalism -> imagined community socially constructed -> symbols. Binds us together and pushes us to find common good. Citizenship: legal inclusion of individuals within borders, legal concept. National identity: share agreement/belief on what we should strive towards. You can have strong national identity without citizenship. Nationalism: benedict anderson: imagined communities , idea that binds people together as a society, something we create to serve a purpose. Like a baby: drew early inspiration from brit then us then adopted it own identity: the imperial subject.
