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SOCIOL 140 • SPRING
2023
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Sociology of Nation and Nationalism: Exploring Key Concepts and Debates, Exams of Nursing
A comprehensive overview of the sociology of nation and nationalism, exploring key concepts, debates, and influential scholarly accounts. It delves into the nature of nationalism, examining its historical development, relationship to ethnicity, and contemporary manifestations, particularly populist nationalism. The document also discusses the role of elites and everyday individuals in shaping national identities and explores the global dimensions of populist nationalist movements.
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POLITICS &
SOCIAL
CHANGE
SOCIOL 14 0 • SPRING
Road Map
▪ Review Quiz 1
▪ Review Main Goals for the Week
▪ Explore the Sociology of Nation/Nationalism
▪ Wednesday’s class
Readings for this Week
▪ Chernilo, Daniel. 2020. “Beyond the Nation? Or back to it? Current
Trends in the Sociology of Nations and Nationalism.” Sociology 54(6): 1072 - 1087.
▪ Miller-Idriss, Cynthia. 2019. “The Global Dimensions of Populist
Nationalism.” The International Spectator 54(2): 17-34.
Concept of the Week:
Nation/Nationalism
A Word of Caution
▪ Nation, Nationality, Nationalism are deeply naturalized concepts.
▪ It is presumed that everyone comes from a “nation”; and that they
share key features: language, political culture, origins, geographies, etc.
▪ Like with other political categories/concepts we will discuss, let’s
think critically and carefully about nationalism.
The Political Sociology of Nationalism
▪ Theorizing nationalism
▪ Nationalism and religion
▪ Nationalism and Economic
development
▪ Nationalism in everyday life
▪ Nationalism and immigration
▪ Nationalism and Racial
identity
Primordial versus Modernist
Organizing Question: How old is nationalism?
▪ Nation and
nationalism are modern constructs, bore through industrialization, state formation, capitalism)
▪ Nations trace
their roots to premodern “ethnies,” from which they received their myths, traditions, etc.
Ethnicity versus Nationalism
Organizing Question: What is the relationship between “ethnicity” and “nationalism”?
▪ Similarities : a group identity; politically potent; meaningful in everyday life.
▪ But key difference (according to some scholars):
▪ “Nationalism, in particular, remains the pre-eminent rhetoric
for attempts to demarcate political communities, claim rights of self-determination and legitimate rule by reference to “the people” of a country” (Calhoun 1997, p. 211).
Participation Question:
Exclusionary versus Egalitarian
Organizing Question: What is the nature of nationalism? What is Chernilo’s position? Do you agree?
Wednesday’s class
▪ Cynthia Miller-Idriss’ “The Global Dimensions of Populist Nationalism.”
Road Map
▪ House-keeping
▪ Review Main Goals for the Week
▪ Explore the Sociology of Nation/Nationalism
▪ Wednesday’s class
House-Keeping: Exam 1
▪ Follow-up is coming!
House-Keeping:
No Class Next Wednesday
Monday Recap: Nation/Nationalism
▪ Reflections on national identity/nationality
▪ The sociology of nationalism (e.g., religion, development, immigration,
culture)
▪ Debates in the Field
Primordial versus Modernist Ethnicity versus Nationalism Exclusionary versus Egalitarian