CMNS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Merriam-Webster, Canadian Nationalism, Canadian Identity

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Oxford university press canada from charland, m. (1986) technological. Nationalism", canadian journal of political and social theory 10, 1-2 (pp. Charland explores technological nationalism, the idea that technology is able to create a nation by enhancing communication. He argues that the canadian state can only legitimate its own existence by constituting a canadian nation. As canada is divided into regions distant from each other, space-binding technologies are required to bring such a nation into being. Aim: consider appropriateness of technological nationalism in face of canadian exingencies. Technological nationalism is the idea that technology is able to create a nation by enhancing communication. Canada and its ethos is constituted by technology. Canada exists by virtue of space-binding technologies, such as the railway and radio. Canadian identity is not tied to its people but to their mediation through technology. Rhetoric: discourse/prominent ideas around a subject; necessary material condition of human social existence.

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