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| Title: |
The myth of the nation and the creation of the “other” |
| Author: |
Weber, Eugen |
| Appeared in: |
Critical review |
| Paging: | Volume 15 (2003) nr. 3-4 pages 387-402 |
| Year: |
2003 |
| Contents: |
The nation is a mythic construct whose primary component is a shared language (often one that has been manufactured for the purpose). In the context of popular sovereignty, shared language, like other shared traits, brings with it a seemingly irresistible capacity to demonize those who do not share it. This capacity is faithfully enlisted by politicians looking for means of mass mobilization. The democratic nation-state therefore displays xenophobic tendencies; yet the urge to combat these tendencies fixes, as permanent and normative “identities,” the very myths—artificial and eminently mutable— that start the process of xenophobia in the first place. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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