CAOT 31 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Mass Society, German Question, Security Dilemma
21 Jul 2020
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7 assignments from 16th c. until early 20th c. Rise & fall of the great powers (wars of religion, diplomacy, bop) Mass democracy (suffrage, industrial society, political parties, bismarck) Collapse of the concert of europe (causes of wwi) How to make peace after total war? (treaty of versailles) Exam preparation bloody diversity (state building -sb- & international relations-ir-) Nations/nationalism aren"t constructed& imagined but are real, modern phenomena (didn"t exist before 18th c. ), differ however from the tale that nationalists themselves tell about nations. Ethnos came first, true political nationalism came later/nationalism are products of pre- existing traditions & heritages/ ethnos (spread via modern institutions) Nationalism= ideological movement to attain/maintain autonomy, unity & identity of a population. Often involves mobilization of the masses, because of its ethnic form. Nationalism can occur in poor and rich countries. Nationalism as language of opposition to the existing order.
