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Nationalism Lecture 13: Review Prof. Lars-Erik Cederman Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) Seilergraben 49, Room G.2 lcederman@ethz.ch http://www.icr.ethz.ch/teaching/nationalism
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) Seilergraben 49, Room G.2 lcederman@ethz.ch http://www.icr.ethz.ch/teaching/nationalism Assistant: Kimberly Sims, CIS, Room E 3, k-sims@northwestern.edu
Definitions Theories Historical Trajectories
Habsburg Empire Germany and Italy from early 19th C. Germany and Italy before 19th century colonial peoples before decolonization Examples: territorial sovereignty national self- determination tradition — Normative principle patriotism & enforcement nationalism categorical mass loyalty solidarity, direct links & categories — Source of cohesion
territorial self-perceived, categorical self-perceived, categorical
externally imposed Boundaries
State Nation Ethnic Community Ethnic Category
Ethnic Category Nation Ethnic community Nation-State State
Essentialism Constructivism Modernism Perennialism
Cultural Raw Material Political Identities
Articulation, Rediscovery Ethnic cores See Cederman, “Nationalism and Bounded Integration”
Cultural Raw Material Political Identities Selection & Mobilization Ethnic boundaries
– Philosophy of history – Functionalist argument
– Print capitalism
– Discursive literacy – External dimension
– Ethnogenesis – Ethnic cores of nations
Kings Church Emperor Lords and vassals Peasants
Diplomacy & Warfare States Interstate Relations Descending sovereignty
States Interstate Relations Ascending sovereignty Nations Irredentism
Nationalism’s Three Time- Zones in Europe
State-Framed Nationalism French Revolution Unification Nationalism Separatist Nationalism
Common state?
Western Europe: Britain, France, Sweden, Spain
No Yes Phase I: State- formation Common nation? No Phase II: Nation- building Yes
Common state?
Central and Southern Europe: Germany and Italy
No Yes Phase I: Nation- formation Phase II: State- building State- formation blocked Common nation? No Yes
Common state?
Eastern Europe: Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian Empires
No Yes Phase I: State- formation Phase II: Secession Common nation? No Nation- building blocked Yes