NATIONS, NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM.

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Pre-requisites: POLI 100 and POLI 202 . A detailed inquiry into nations, nationalism, and patriotism, with specific emphasis on the United States. Authors read include Benedict Anderson, Anders Stephanson, and David Campbell among others. Topics explored include the conceptual predicates upon which nations depend, the idea of citizenship, violence and warfare, national identity, manifest destiny, and more.