Nationalism and National Questions

SOC

31172

Nationalism and National Questions

This course aims to provide a multi-dimension approach to the issues of the nation-state, nationalism, and national independence movements. It examines the nation as the political organization of modern, industrial capitalist societies, nationalism as an ideology and world view, and struggles for national self-determination, in particular in Ireland, Kurdistan, Palestine and its relation to struggles for national liberation and racial equality like those of African Americans. We will analyze the political, social, and economic conditions that led to nations' emergence, ideology, and relation to capitalism through a critical sociological lens. We will also examine the linguistic, cultural, racial, religious, or territorial aspects of nationalist struggles.

Undergraduate

Yes