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    This document outlines the structure and assignments for a course on nations and nationalism since the 18th century. It will provide basic concepts and historical examples. Students will partner up to do presentations on important figures and seminal works related to the topics. The presentations should analyze the subjects in three concentric circles moving from biography and context to ideas and impact. This approach aims to present nationalism in a neutral, global way without value judgments.

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    Nation and nationalism:

    Several approaches to basic


    concepts
    2019
    Gil Delannoi

    gil.delannoi@sciencespo.fr
    Office: 98 rue de l’Université,
    ground floor, room 006.
    01 45 49 50 64
    Sciences-Po is located either on number 13 and number 98. Because we might have some meeting in the
    office when you are at work on your presentation, please note down this address: 98 rue de l’Université
    near the crossing with Boulevard saint-Germain
    Nationalism manifests itself as a modern
    ideology, whose relations with democracy and
    the state must be carefully explored. It also
    appears as something almost undefined, given
    its various connections with the left and the
    right, traditionalist and modernist views, local
    and global perspectives, and cultural and
    political realities. This class is about nations and
    nationalism since the 18th century. It will
    provide basic concepts and historical examples.
    Nation and nationalism are presented in a rather
    neutral way, which means neither nationalist nor
    curative. This approach reflects today’s global
    understanding of national realities, nationality and
    nation-states. As the scope of the course is more
    international than French, nationalism will not be
    presented as “nationalisme”, which is often understood
    as a social disease in current French debate. Examples
    will be taken from world history and issues will be
    addressed on a world scale. The course will also
    compare the different paths of state-building: the city,
    the empire and the nation.
    2 quotes
    President Macron: “patriotism is the exact
    opposite of nationalism” (100 Year Anniversary
    of WW1 Ending, Arc de Triomphe, Paris,
    November 11, 2018)

    President Trump: “we reject the ideology of


    globalism and we embrace the doctrine of
    patriotism”. (United Nations, General assembly
    September 25, 2018, New-York)
    Assignment 1
    Presentations :
    2 students team up.
    A 15-30 minute presentation.
    Number of different teams: n (n-1) / 2
    300 possible teams if you team up for every
    presentations.
    Given the number of students in the class: one
    or two presentations by every student.
    Assignment 1

    Topics: two types:


    An important event and an outstanding
    personality related to nation and nationalism.

    A seminal book by a theorist, a landmark in the


    history of ideas.
    List 1
    Jefferson (1743—1826) & American Revolution
    Mirabeau (1749—1791) & French Revolution
    Bolivar (1783—1830) & decolonization in Latin America
    Mazzini (1805—1872) & a Europe of nations
    Sun Yatsen (1866—1925): from one empire into a nation?
    Kemal Atatürk (1881—1938): from empire to nation
    Clemenceau (1841-1929): patriotism and nationalism
    Churchill (1874-1965) empire, nation, democracy against fascism
    Gandhi (1869—1948): nationalism and cosmopolitanism
    Mandela (1918—2013): building up one South African nation
    List 2

    Renan (Ernest) 1823--1892


    Berlin (Isaiah) 1909--1997
    Wiebe (Robert) 1930--2000
    Walzer (Michael) born 1935
    Kedourie (Elie) 1926--1992
    Gellner (Ernest) 1925--1995
    Smith (Anthony) 1939--2016
    Anderson (Benedict) 1936--2015
    All of them contributed to the theory of the
    nation, nationality, nationalism, nation-building,
    national consciousness, or national identity.
    Their contributions should be used as
    building-blocs in your final papers. To begin
    with, we must study and compare their books.
    Presentations 2019

    FEB 4: Introduction
    FEB 11: Founding fathers of the modern nation :
    Jefferson & American Revolution
    Mirabeau & French Revolution
    FEB 18: Founding fathers of nationalism?
    Bolivar & decolonization in Latin America
    Mazzini & a Europe of nations

    FEB 25: Vacation


    3 → 7
    MARCH 4: Relevance of the nation in the 19th and 20 th

    centuries:
    Renan & the emergence of the nation as a new political form
    Berlin & the history of ideas
    MARCH 11: The dominant feature: equality or liberty?
    Wiebe & popular nationalism (Who we are)
    Walzer & the two universalisms (covering-law and reiteration)
    MARCH 18: Modernization, nation and republic:
    Mustapha Kemal (Turkey), Sun Yatsen (China)
    MARCH 25: Wars, nations and empires:
    Clemenceau & patriotism and nationalism (WW1)
    Churchill & empire, nation, democracy against fascism (WW2)
    8 11
    APRIL 1st: History vs sociology?
    Kedourie & history
    Gellner & industrial society
    APRiL 8: Ethnocultural reality vs political myth?
    Smith & ethno-nationalism
    Anderson & the imagined community
    APRiL 15: From resistance to unity:
    Gandhi & nationalism and cosmopolitanism
    Mandela & building up one South African nation
    APRiL 22: Holiday
    APRiL 29: New types of nationalism? : Xi Jinping (China),
    Erdogan (Turkey), Putin (Russia), Trump (USA). Also Brexit, Italy, Germany,
    European Election in May 2019.
    Assignment 1: presentation(s)
    • This is about history, contexts, facts, ideas
    and interpretations. Please avoid value
    judgments and normative statements.

    • This three part presentation can be described


    as concentric circles.
    Parts I & II
    • I. Biography and Context. Underline the
    events in relation to the subject. Usually the
    shortest part.
    • II. Acts, attitudes, decisions, ideas and
    Doctrine (about nation, nationality and
    political forms). Quote the personality and
    author (speeches, declarations, laws,
    writings).
    III. The larger circle
    • More about effects, results, interpretations.
    Broad perspective.
    • Quotes can be taken from contemporaries
    and historians.
    • Talk about the main dimensions of nation and
    nationalism: political, cultural, relation to
    state-building, religion, ideological current (id
    est Enlightenment, romanticism, liberalism,
    communism etc).
    Joan of Arc & the medieval nation
    I. Context: 100 Year’s War
    Biography: Joan’s part in
    French history.

    II. Emergence of a national


    conciousness. Patriotism.

    III. Interpretation &


    impact: narrative, religion,
    culture, politics, regime…
    C: Joan of Arc
    What would be the three concentric cercles if
    Joan of Arc were the subject?
    Is nationalism relevant in the case of Joan of
    Arc? I doubt that.
    By contrast, patriotism is relevant because it has
    been defined as an attachment to independance
    and political liberty since antiquity.
    Lady Thatcher
    I. Context: the UK
    Biography. Her life
    and background.
    II. Acts and speeches.
    Economy, war.
    Uneasy relationship to EU.
    III. Impact and ideology.
    Thatcherism? Did it
    spread beyond the UK?
    Rousseau
    I. Context. Biography.
    Main works. Œuvre.

    II. Main ideas. Influence.


    Relation to French
    Revolution.

    III. Interpretation :cultural


    or political nation?
    What kind of regime?
    The elephant and the mouse
    The elephant & the mouse

    • Basic facts Details


    • What must not Side-effects
    remain unknown to Digressions
    the class (Vain) polemics
    • Strong relation to Your feeling
    the subject
    • Concepts and
    examples taken from
    the course.

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