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 Historians have also cast doubt on the idea of ethnic nationalism. Historians have also cast doubt on the idea of ethnic nationalism.
  
-Gellner (1983) argues that the idea of a nation only comes into being when societies industrialize.+**Gellner** (1983) argues that the idea of a nation only comes into being when societies industrialize.
  
   * In an industrial, urban society, it becomes important to think of the whole society as a homogenous mass made up of people who are all the same.   * In an industrial, urban society, it becomes important to think of the whole society as a homogenous mass made up of people who are all the same.
   * If there are homogenous populations, it’s only because new institutions—like a national school system—have flattened out all the differences.   * If there are homogenous populations, it’s only because new institutions—like a national school system—have flattened out all the differences.
     * In the transition to a mass society, everyone has to be assimilated, that is, to learn how to be French, German, Danish, etc.     * In the transition to a mass society, everyone has to be assimilated, that is, to learn how to be French, German, Danish, etc.
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 +**Anderson** (2006 [1983]) argues that nationalism is fiction created by the experience of consuming mass media. Nations are "imagined communities." 
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 +  * Reading a newspaper allows one to imagine the simultaneous witness of all the day's events along with everyone in a nation, irrespective of location or social identity.
 +  * When reading news in a newspaper, one experiences the "homogenous, empty time" (2006 [1983], 26) of the nation. It's the same day and time for everyone in one national community.
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 ===== Are there nations? ===== ===== Are there nations? =====
  
-Gellner’s ideas are useful, but he doesn’t go far enough.+Gellner’s (and Anderson's) ideas are useful, but he doesn’t go far enough.
  
 Think about the global context for the European model of nationalism. Think about the global context for the European model of nationalism.
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 ===== References and further reading ===== ===== References and further reading =====
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 +Anderson, Benedict Richard O’Gorman. 2006 (1983). //Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism//. London: Verso.
  
 Chakrabarty, Dipesh. 2000. //Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference//. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Chakrabarty, Dipesh. 2000. //Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference//. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
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