POLS 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Anthony Marx, Sui Generis, Imagined Communities
6 Sep 2016
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Men and women are willing to die for their country and are extremely passionate about their nation/national character. This study focuses on the modernity of the nation. Looking back at the start might be able to answer questions about peoples devotion to their country. It as a human constant that people took for granted. There was also the rise of nations within nations beginning, such as scots and quebecois. The growth of militaries and multi-national companies are also grounds for doubting the popular assumption of the naturalness and universality of the nation. The nation is a purely modern phenomenon, a product of strictly modern developments like capitalism, bureaucracy and secular utilitarianism. Above is the modernist view of nations and nationalism. Primordial: proponents of this view claim that nations and ethnic communities are the natural units of history and integral elements of the human experience.
