Imagined Communitites Flashcards
who is Benedict Anderson
political party he supports
- Marxist in orientation critical of the government and expelled from Indonesia in 1972. Wanted to understand what created nationalism
what theory did benidict Anderson support
Imagined Communities
is every nation a state and how old are they
not every nation is a state and nations are not that old
what was Andersons theory inspired by
the anti-colonial movements of the 20th century—in Southeast Asia, Africa, South Asia.
- All of these modern states threw off their European colonizers under the banner of creating new nations and national identities.
what can nationalism give rise
to ethnic cleansing and rascsiim
what did people belong to before nations
religious communities and kingdoms
how did people within these religious communities communicate
sacred languages signs and symbols in divine languages
where are religious communities overwhelmingly visula
temples mosques and large culutral events
what did the medical Christian have no concept of
no conception of history as an endless chain of cause and effect or of radical separations between past and present
what did the rise of newspapers do
T he rise of newspapers exacerbated the experience of simultaneity—many things happening at once, bound together only by the date.
he idea of The Nation stepped in to solidify this new sense of togetherness,
represent globalisation
hear about events occurring across the world.
