Triplette/Reading II Flashcards
1
Q
Proto-nationa bonds (Hobsbawm)
A
Historic characteristics that link regional, ethnic, religious communities. (pre-modern states)
2
Q
What is the goal or driver of democracy? (Hobsbawm)
A
State-Building
3
Q
Difference between civic and ethnic nationalism
A
They are often mixed, hard to find a nationalism with only one of them
4
Q
What is the impact of globalization on nationalism?
A
- State/economy-making functions
- Globalization and international labor removes these functions
- No territorial homogeneity in nation-states
- Nationalism irrelevant to contemporary globalization process
- In EU and US pushes nationalist movements
5
Q
Benedict Anderson’s “imagined community”
A
- Imagined bc members know of existence of other members but haven’t really met them
- Mass communication (language)
6
Q
When did nationalism appear?
A
19th Century
7
Q
What are the countries that were constructed on the basis of nationalism?
A
Germany, Italy, Greece, Belgium and Spain
8
Q
What are the theoretical weaknesses of Hobsbawm (Smith)
A
- Unclear use of term “ethnic”
- Fails to consider importance of cultural notions
- No rule of masses as subjects of history
- Masses manipulated by elites
