SIGN-283 Lecture 25:
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Implies that a people which has have not yet gained independence are not a nation: national movements or the feeling of being a nation is not depended on the formation of one state. Fails to acknowledge nations that have never been an independent state (scots, Specific sentiment of solidarity of groups in confrontation with other groups: specific factors are those that define a modern state. Language, culture, religion, historical consciousness, social communication, religion and political goals. Instruments of promoting national identity and demarcation from other national entities. It demands the right to political self-determination, or has already achieved such through a nation-state: superior to other bodies of joint social action like family or religious community. Ernest renan (after the franco - prussian war; his intention was that even though the. Germans conquered the territory, french people wanted to show their relation intention behind his definition: a mental principle state of mind.