POL101Y1 : POL101Y1 Lecture Notes Semester 2 (2).docx
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The we feeling of nationalism - socially constructed and do not exist naturally but real. Most political conflict in history was conflict between nations. ** look up left and right wing ** A nation is a group that wants to have its own state. Nationalism says that the state and nation should be congruent. State should look after and share their culture. Never before in human history did people insist that their leaders be of the same culture and never did leaders try to make the people share their common culture. Its this need for congruence that needs to be explained. Kings and queens did not share culture with the people they ruled, it didn t matter. People knew they were from poland, but did not consider themselves polish. High culture and low cultures: european monarchs (latin) and populations (vernaculars) subcultures and languages that people would communicate in is common.