Week 2
The Relationship between Nationalism and Capitalism, Loyalty, Patriotism
Monday, January 31
Class
- Take thirty minutes and carefully discuss Nationalism and Capitalism
- Examine focus questions #10 and #11
- Review requirements of the Africa and Igbo presentations
Assignment
- Work on Africa and Igbo presentations
Tuesday, February 1
Class
- Take twenty minutes and discuss the concepts of loyalty and patriotism
- Harkness on the difference between patriotism and nationalism
- Continue work on research for focus questions #10 and #11.
Assignment
- Work on research for focus questions #10 and #11
Wednesday, February 2
Class
- Group work on presentations on Africa and the Igbo
Assignment
- Work on research for focus questions #10 and #11
Thursday, February 3
Class
- Watch clips on patriotism and loyalty
- Take forty minutes to carefully consider the relationship between of Nationalism and Liberty
- Take forty minutes to read and harnkess on Mazzini and Constant excerpts on Nationalism and Liberty with a look at focus question # 10
Assignment
- Read through chapter 6 of Things Fall Apart
Friday, February 4
Class
- Take twenty minutes to examine Gale Stokes review article on Nationalism and Capitalsim: http://www.jstor.org/stable/178866
- Take twenty minutes to explore Procrustean Logic with a view toward understanding mistakes and mistaken understanding (think Okonkwo)
- Take forty minutes to read and discuss chapters 5 and 6 of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
o Discuss
- Take twenty minutes to write on focus question #12
Assignment
- Catch up on all unfinished reading; work on research for focus questions #10 and #11; Work on presentations on Africa and Igbo; Read Strayer:
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Focus Questions
1. What is a nation, and how is it distinct from a state?
2. When did the idea of a “nation” develop?
3. Why is the nation a “novel form of political community”?
4. Why is Nationalism an “infinitely flexible and enormously powerful idea”?
5. What is the value of instilling nationalist identities into citizens?
6. Who belongs to a nation? Who can speak for a nation?
7. Is Nationalism a Western idea?
8. What was the cause of the Thirty Years Way, and how did it end?
9. How might have the flexibility of Nationalism affected the Religious Wars of the 17th Century?
10 How are Nationalism and Capitalism related?
11 Did Nationalism give rise to Capitalism or did Capitalism give rise to Nationalism?
12 What are examples of Procrustean Logic?
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