![]() ![]() In succession, each case study illustrates different aspects of the evolving concepts of nation and national identity, concepts that in their eighteenth-century origins were seen as normatively laudable and fit well with liberal ideas about self-determination and popular sovereignty. Theories examined include traditional ones like those of Ernest Gellner and Benedict Anderson, and we also use Roland Barthes' semiotic theory of myth to help us understand the idea of nation. As we study the theory of nation, we consider the politics of our own preconceptions of nation in the United States (or wherever we hail from). In this course we study theories of nation, then turn to detailed case studies including the Czech Republic, Russia, Congo, and the United States. ![]() Nationalism, a powerful force for centuries, is growing even more important. ![]()
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