The Rise and Dynamics of the Normative Isomorphism of Language, Nation, and State in Central Europe

Nations, languages, or states are so much part and parcel of the world in which we live nowadays that we hardly ever spare them a thought. These categories appear "transparent" to us, the "natural" building blocks? from which our (social) world is composed, or-more aptly-construc...

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Published in:Harvard Ukrainian studies 2017-01, Vol.35 (1/4), p.351-381
Main Author: Kamusella, Tomasz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Ethnicity
German literature
Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744-1803)
Ideology
Language
Models for Comparison
Nation states
Nationalism
Researchers
Social aspects
Sociopolitical factors
Statehood
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Summary:Nations, languages, or states are so much part and parcel of the world in which we live nowadays that we hardly ever spare them a thought. These categories appear "transparent" to us, the "natural" building blocks? from which our (social) world is composed, or-more aptly-constructed. Scholarly literature frequently suggests that a configuration of these three elements is the cornerstone of nationalism, or the sole ideology of statehood and peoplehood legitimation in today's world after the completion of decolonization and following the breakup of the ideologically nonnational polity of the Soviet Union in the second half of the twentieth century. In this study, first, I aspire to "de-naturalize" the categories of nation, (a) language,? and state (but I exclude from the analysis substate, suprastate, or "not-state-endowed" nations and nationalisms). On this basis, I reflect on ethnic nationalism as a subspecies of the ideology of nationalism.
ISSN:0363-5570
2328-5400