HIST 1707 Lecture Notes - Social Change, Phrenology, Great Zimbabwe
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Idea that people divided into nation states with a distinct culture emerged now, in the 19th century. Local identities were important before 19th century. Belonged to clan, village, region, religious order, city-state, etc. Dante alighieri, famous writer of the divine comedy. Believes two things: people who share a common culture (ways of living) and a history are bound together as a people or nation and that each nation should have its own territory or state. Only by merging a national community with a specific territory could nations be secure. Way of promoting distinctness or separateness from other nations. Nationalists are proud of their national identity; feel a sense of belonging based on national identity and deserve their own state. Nation state born in the french revolution. After france declared itself a republic, other countries invaded to restore aristocracy. All of french teamed up to fight back, and felt united. Flags, songs, culture, etc deployed to create nationalism.