Nationalism

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Nationalism
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Defining Nationalism

• National consciousness or awareness of oneself
• as part of a group

• National identity or identification with the
  group

• Geographical identification or a geographical
• dimension to the group

• Patriotism of love of the group

• Demands for action to enhance the group

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nurture?
foster?
redefine?
IDENTITY
Nationalism
create?
manipulate?
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Canada Council
Canadian Nationalism
NFB
CBC
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NATIONALISM
MULTI-NATIONALISM
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Nationalism
an ideology about individuated being. It is an
ideology concerned with boundedness, continuity,
homogeneity encompassing diversity (R. Handler)
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boundedness
in SPACE by the inviolability of its borders and
the exclusive allegiance of its members
in TIME by the uninterruptedness of its history
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Birth in a particular place determines the kind
of person one will naturally become, yet one
cannot choose ones place of birth.
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What is the relationship between nationalist
ideology and mass belief?
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Leon Dion distinguishes between the
ideologically self-conscious stance of
nationalist leaders and a much more elementary
and fundamental state of mind of the people,
which he describes as the defensiveness of a
threatened minority.