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May 21, 2024
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HC 860 - Exploring the Nation: Nationalism and Its Evolution3 credits
In this seminar we will examine what nationalism is, and how and why it has developed over time. We will examine scholarly debates on what factors led to the creation of nationalism, and whether it is an entirely modern phenomenon, or an ideology with roots in our distant past. We will discuss how the characteristics of nationalism have changed over time, and try to understand why. We will explore how nationalism can be both a source for good, providing people with joy and a sense of meaning and belonging on the one hand, while also being an agent of evil, leading to ethnic cleansing and genocide. The course will begin with an introduction to some of the canonical works on nationalism, such as Ernest Gellner’s Nations and Nationalism and Benedict Anderson’s ubiquitous Imagined Communities. Readings such as Eric Hobsbawm’s Nations and Nationalism since 1780 and Brian Porter’s When Nationalism Began to Hate will also be included, in order to help us understand the evolution of nationalism in the nineteenth century. The course will conclude by focusing on the intersection between nationalism and post-colonial identity, as discussed by Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and Srirupa Roy’s Beyond Belief: India and the Politics of Post-Colonial Nationalism.
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