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NATIONS AND NATIONALISM Fall 2005 • Wednesdays @ 4-6:40 David Brandenberger   “Nations and Nationalism” investigates the confusing theoretical terrain of nation, nationalism and national identity through a survey of major nineteenth and twentieth century schools of thought. As such, this course looks at events from both a theoretical point of view and from the standpoint of a number of case studies. Readings range from the writing of modern theorists of the nation to pieces which apply these theories to events from recent history. Students will ultimately harness this theoretical literature and other methodological strategies to both critique existing empirical work on nationalism and national identity formation and construct their own original case studies. Students are encouraged to make appointments with the instructor in order to meet outside of class. Email communication is also strongly encouraged as a means of clarifying basic issues associated with the course or its readings and assignments. Unless otherwise specified, however, all written work should be handed-in in paper form; email submissions are acceptable only when an agreement has been reached with the instructor or teaching assistant in advance.   SCHEDULE OF READINGS (cp) indicates coursepack * indicates recommended   Week 1: organization & preconceptions Week 2: what is a nation? Smith, “Introduction: the Modernist Paradigm,” “Rise of Classical Modernism,” 1-26 Ernest Renan, Joseph Stalin, Max Weber, Karl Deutsch, Clifford Geertz, Anthony Giddens, Walter Connor, in Nationalism, 3-46 Renan, “What is a Nation?” in Becoming National, 42-57   Week 3: industrial revolution as catalyst Smith, “Culture of Industrialism,” 27-46 Gellner, “Nationalism and Modernization,” in Nationalism, 55-63 Gellner, “Nationalism and High Cultures,” in Nationalism, 63-70 Gellner, Nations and Nationalism, introduction   Week 4: capitalism as trigger Smith, “Capitalism and Nationalism,” 47-69 Nairn, “The Maladies of Development,” in Nationalism, 70-76 Nairn, “Scotland and Europe,” in Becoming National, 79-106 Hroch, The Social Preconditions for a National Revival in Europe, chap. 1 Hroch, “From National Movement to the Fully-Formed Nation,” in Becoming National, 60-79   Week 5: mass politics and bureaucracy Smith, “State and Nation,” 70-96 Breuilly, “The Sources of Nationalist Ideology,” in Nationalism, 103-113 Brass, “Elite Competition and Nation-Formation,” in Nationalism, 83-89 Balibar, “The Nation Form: History and Ideology,” in Becoming National, 132-151   Week 6: nationalism as political religion Smith, “Political Messianism,” 97-116 Kedourie, “Nationalism and Self-Determination,” in Nationalism, 49-55 Smith, “The Crisis of Dual Legitimation,” in Nationalism, 113-122 Huchinson, “Cultural Nationalism and Moral Regeneration,” in Nationalism, 122-132   Week 7: post-modernism Smith, “Invention and Imagination,” 117-142 Hobsbawm, “The Nation as an Invented Tradition,” in Nationalism, 76-83 Anderson, “Imagined Communities,” in Nationalism, 89-96   Week 8: European case studies Kohn, “Western and Eastern Nationalisms,” in Nationalism, 160-165 Greenfeld, “Types of European Nationalism,” in Nationalism, 165-171 Sugar, “Nationalism and Eastern Europe,” in Nationalism, 171-177 Hobsbawm, “The Rise of Ethno-Linguistic Nationalisms,” in Nationalism, 177-184 Hechter & Levi, “Ethno-Regional Movements in the West,” in Nationalism, 184-196 Ostergard, “The Danish National Identity and Political Culture,” in Becoming National, 179-203   Week 9: nationalism and Orientalism—two sides of the same coin? Said, Orientalism, introduction and select chapters Said, Culture and Imperialism, introduction, selections Keith Windschuttle, “Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism revisited,’” New Criterion 17:5 (1999) Anderson, “Census, Map, Museum,” in Becoming National, 243-260   Week 10: non-European case studies Anderson, “Creole Pioneers of Nationalism,” in Nationalism, 198-205 Kedourie, “Dark Gods and their Rites,” in Nationalism, 205-209 Chatterjee, “National History and its Exclusions,” in Nationalism, 209-214 Robinson, “Nationalism and Islam,” in Nationalism, 214-218 Matossian, “Ideologies of Delayed Development,” in Nationalism, 218-225 Young, “The Colonial Construction of African Nations,” in Nationalism, 225-231 Neuberger, “State and Nation in African Thought,” in Nationalism, 231-236 Johnson, “Economic Nationalism in New States,” in Nationalism, 236-241 Duara, “Historicizing National Identity, or Who Imagines What and When,” in Becoming National,” 151-179   Week 11: nationalism: a modern artifact? Smith, “Primordialism and Perennialism,” “Ethno-symbolism,” 143-169, 170-198 Van Der Berghe, “A Socio-Biological Perspective,” in Nationalism, 96-103 Seton-Watson, “Old and New Nations,” in Nationalism, 134-137 Reynolds, “Regnal Sentiments and Medieval Communities,” in Nationalism, 137-140 Armstrong, “Nations before Nationalism,” in Nationalism, 140-147 Walker Connor, “When is a Nation?” in Nationalism, 154-160 Anthony W. Marx, “The Nation-State and its Exclusions,” Political Science Quarterly 117:1 (2002): 103-126.   Weeks 12-14: research and individual consultations