Communal attachments: nation states and their competitors

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Communal attachments nation states and their
competitors
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What is a nation-state?

• State a recognized sovereign authority over a
  defined territory
• nation people with a common birth, ie.,
  language and culture
• a state defined by its people, with a common
  culture, not its ruling family or imperial
  conquests

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Are all states today nation-states?

• No
• Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Channel Islands,
  Luxembourg, Malta, Singapore, Nauru, etc.

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Do all nations have states?

• No
• Kurds, Palestinians, Sikhs, Scots, Catalans,
  Basques, Native American nations, etc.

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Many of the worlds people have little national
identification

• other possibilities?
• clan or tribe

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other possibilities for non-national
identification

• ethnic identifications--for instance?
• Chinese in South East Asia, etc.
• language groups?
• French Canadians, Walloons, etc.
• religious groups?
• Muslims in Philippines, Shia and Sunni in Iraq

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Religion and Ethnicity in Iraq
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How are nations cultivated or created?

• institutions, transportation, education, media,
  ceremony and symbols

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• Are we a nation?
• Do you identify strongly as an American?