100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached
logo-home
Previously searched by you
Previously searched by you
logo
National Thought in Europe Lecture notes PLUS SUMMARY (!!) of the book $5.40
Add to cart
Quickly navigate to
Preview
  2.  
  3. Universiteit Van Amsterdam (UvA)
  4.  
  5. National Thought in Europe

Summary

National Thought in Europe Lecture notes PLUS SUMMARY (!!) of the book

1 review
 3 purchases
  • Course
  • National Thought in Europe
  • Institution
  • Universiteit Van Amsterdam (UvA)
  • Book
  • National Thought in Europe

A complete overview of all my notes taken during the National Thought in Europe lectures. ENGLISH. (The dutch parts are just translation of words for myself to make studying easier! So if you are a Dutchie, the difficult English words are translated for you! If you're not, you won't miss out on thi...

[Show more]

Preview 4 out of 88  pages

Document information

  • Yes
  • December 10, 2019
  • 88
  • 2019/2020
  • Summary

Subjects

  • european studies
  • europe
  • history
  • national thought in europe
  • uva
  • lecture notes
  • lectures notes national thought in europe
  • summary national thought in europe

Connected book

book image

Book Title:

Author(s):

  • Edition:
  • ISBN:
  • Edition:

Written for

  • Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
  • Europese Studies
  • National Thought in Europe
All documents for this subject (18)

1  review

review-writer-avatar

By: lodeschouten1 • 4 year ago

Seller

avatar-seller
LieveElise

Reviews received

Content preview

National Thought in Europe
Hoorcolleges en aanvulling van het boek

Important terms
Lists
(Translation of difficult English words to Dutch)
Things about the exam itself
Additions of the book
Important people or things​ / I​ mportant year


Hoorcollege 1 | 2 sep. 2019 Introduction (20-29)

19th century in this class = French revolution - World War 1
It is in the nineteenth century that nationalism emerges as such, as a specific and
recognizable ideology with a specific and recognizable political and cultural agenda.
We can see the development of nationalism affecting Europe as a whole.

Country’s changed a lot geographically. There are only a few ‘small little states’ left
from the 19th century like Lichtenstein.

Little states formed​ Nation States
The states and the people were most of all named after languages.

This is called the Typical Idea because it’s not always true.
For Example: In Ireland they speak English but they ​are Irish

The Typical Idea of a Nation State:
1. Name of State
2. Identity of the People
3. Language the people speak
4. Character

Political Identity​ = Citizenship
Cultural Identity ​= Nationality​ → What the book is about: A cultural history

National Thought (Ideas people have)
● “humankind is naturally divided into cultural
communities called nations”
● “one’s primary political loyalty is towards one’s
nation”
● “national concord is the state’s strongest

, foundation”
● “a state containing various nations is weak”
● “a nation divided over different states is
unnatural”

‘National Thought’ a wider and less specific than ‘Nationalism’

National Thought = ​A way of seeing human society primarily as consisting of
discrete, different nations, each with an obvious right to exist and to command
loyalty, each characterised and set apart unambiguously by its own separate identity
and culture.

National Thought is mobile → anyone who is affected by a certain idea may pass it
on to others (the traffic of ideas)

The word “nation” is much older than the word “nationalism”

Theory ​= Explaining why some things are more important than others

The question is if nationalism is something that has always existed. There were
elements of nationalism before 1800, but from 1800 these elements were mixed and
National Thought was born.

In the media and in politics we use the word ‘nationalism’ way to easy. In this class
we use the word in a​ technical sense.

Nation ​= A ​self defining​ nation = people who choose to call themselves a nation.​ = ​A
cultural and social community that people identify with and feel political loyalty
towards.

Ethnicity ​= A group of bonded intersubjectively by a chosen common
self-identification, involving a common sense of culture and historical continuity.
= The collective acceptance of a shared self-image

Ethnotypes = ​Commonplaces and stereotypes of how we identify, view and
characterize others as opposed to ourselves.

The word ‘Nation’ hovers between three poles:
1. Society
2. Culture
3. Race

,The words ‘nation’ and ‘state’ can be used interchangeably

Leerssen is not sure if a ‘nation’ is something that exists and not just something
people believe in.

Nationalism is a political ideology based on combination of these three assumptions:
Political agenda of Nationalism
● “There should be a 1-on-1 congruence between
nation and state:
1 state for each nation, 1 nation for each state”
● “state borders should be mapped onto cultural
(ethnolinguistic) frontiers”
● “ethnic conflict is to be solved by territorial
division”

State/Political borders :​
1. Reflect political power
2. Sharp demarcations (borders and other things). No in-between. Belgium =
Belgium until the border of France.
3. Reflect changeable power relations

Cultural (/linguistic) frontiers :
1. Much more complex than state borders
2. Transitional zones. In-between. Around the border of germany a lot of
dutchies speak german and a lot of german speak dutch.
3. Reflect transgenerational private lifestyles

Centralism​ = the state attempts to “tame” cultural diversity

Separatism​ = the state’s control is challenged

Articulation = ​We order the world primarily by subdividing it, and the sense of
collective togetherness involves unavoidably a sense of collective separateness.

You can set borders to give nations a living place to prevent wars. However, if
people are all over the place this doesn’t work. There will be minority of people from
different states on ‘the wrong side of the border’.

Language frontiers doesn’t really change over time. Because if you don’t physically
remove speakers from a certain area the language will not die. The language will
survive.

, Nationalism is after all, a political ideology → One of the dominant ones of the two
last centuries.

Debates about what is nationalism and where is comes from. Example debate:
- “Modernist view” = nationalism is a side effect of modernization with its
shifting patterns of education and economic scale enlargement, driven largely
by intellectuals.
- “Societal model” = nationalism was an ideology​ born of the people rather than
by intellectuals

Debates brought the question: ​How ‘modern’ or recent is nationalism as a historical
phenomenon? O​ nly​ 1
​ 9th century/ or earlier, and in what way? What is the origin of
nationalism?

The history of nationalism is far more complex than merely a pre-history of the
contemporary states. (which is often how nationalism studies are conducted). We
need to take into account the roads ​not​ taken, the ideals that were ​not​ realized.

Nation-building and state-formating differs from area to area around the world.

2 different vectors of Nationalism
➢ Vertical = Right of the nation within the state in relation to superiors and
rulers. “democratic”
➢ Horizontal = The identity and separateness of the nation in relation to
outsiders and neighbours “ethnocentric”

Hoorcollege 2 | 4 sep. 2019​ ​Ancient patterns: Languages, religions (271-283)

Nationalism is a form of secondary ‘religion’.

Secularization​ = religion became less important and nationalism became more
important.

Even in a secularised world religion is a important factor.

The Roman empire became a christian state 2 years before the fall of the roman
empire. From the year 300 the christian states became important for the Roman
empire. They were called paitriac. Most of them were close to Jerusalem (the holy
land).

There was tension between Constantinople and Rome, which one was more
important

The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.

Quick and easy check-out

Quick and easy check-out

You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.

Focus on what matters

Focus on what matters

Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.

Who am I buying these notes from?

Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller LieveElise. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

No, you only buy these notes for $5.40. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.

Can Stuvia be trusted?

4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)

69052 documents were sold in the last 30 days

Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy study notes for 15 years now

Start selling
$5.40  3x  sold
  • (1)
Add to cart
Added