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4
6
qu
est
io n
of
na
tion
an
d n
atio
nali
sm
. O
ne
is a
w ar
e o
f th
e
deg
ree
to w hi
c h
na t
io na
li sm
w
as/
is co
ns
ti tu
te d
as
on
e of
tho
se
ma
jor p
ole
s
or
te rr
ain
s of
arti
cul
a tio
n of
he
se l
f. I th
ink
i
t is
vcr
y imp
o
rtan
t th
c w
ay
in w
hic
h s
om
e peo
p le
n
ow (a
nd
1 th
ink
par
ti cu
la r
ly o
f th
e co
lo n
iz e
d su
bje
ct)
beg
in
t
o
re
ac h
fo
r a
new
co
nce
p tio
n o
f eth
nic
it y
as a
ki
nd o
fco
unt
er t
o th
e
o
ld d
is c
ou rs
es o
f n
atio
na l
is m
or na c
iona
l id
ent
it y .
No
w o
ne
k
now
s
th
ese
a
re d
an
gero
usl
y o
ver
la pp
ing
ter
ra in
s. A
li t
he
sarn
e th
ey
are
n
ot id e
nt ic
al. E
thn
ic i
ty
c
n
b
e
a
con
sti
tu ti
ve e
le m
en t
in
th
e
m
o
s
t vi
sc io
usl
y re
gre
ss ive
k
ind
of
nati onalism
or
nati onal identi ty .
But
in
ou r
t
im e
s, a
s a
n
im
ag
in a
ry c
om
m un
ity
,
it is
al so
be
gin
nin
g to
ca
rry
som
e
ot
her
m
ean
in g
s,
and
to d
efi
ne a
new
s
pac
e for
i
den
ti ty.
lt
in si
s ts
o
n di ff
er en
ce
-
o
n the
f a
ct th
at
eve
ry
id e
n tit
y is
p
lace
d, p
osi
ti on
ed,
in
a
c u
lt
ure, a
la n
gua
ge,
a h
is to
ry Ev
ery
s
ta te
m e
n t
com
es
fro
m
som
ew
her
e,
f rom
s
om
e o
dy
in
pa
rt icu
lar
. l
t in s
is ts
on
sp ec
if ic
ity,
o
n con
ju n
ctu
re . B
ut
it i
s
no
t n
ec e
ss ar
ily
arm
our
-pla
te d
a g
ains
t o
ther
ide
nti t
ie s.
It
is
no t
ti ed
to
fixe
d , pe
rm
ane
nt,
u na
lt er
able
opp
osi
ti on
s. I
t s
n
ot
w h
olly
de
fin
ed by
ex
clu
sio n
.
1
d
on
t
wan
t
to
pre s
en t
th is
n
ew
e
th n
ic it y
as
a p
ow e
rl es
s ,
perf
ect
un
ive
rse. L
ike
a
li t
erra
in s
of
id e
ntif
ic at
io n,
i
t ha s
d im
en
sio
ns o
f po
we
r
in i
t
.
Bu
t
it isn
t q
u ite
s o
f ra
m e
d by
those
ex
tr em
iti
es o
f p
ow
er
an
d ag
gre
ss io
n, v
iol
enc
e
and
m o
bili
zati
on,
as
th e
o ld
er f
or m
s
o
f
n
atio
nali
sm .
T
he s
low
contr ad ic to ry movement from nati ona li sm
to
e th n ic it y as
a
sou
rc e
of
den
ti ti
es is
par
t of
a n
ew
po l
it ics
.
t s a
ls o
pa
rt of
t
he
de
clin
e of
he
w
es t -
tha
t i
m m
ens
e p
ro ce
ss
of h
isto
rica
l
re
la tiv
iz a
ti on
w h
ic h
is j
ust
beg
inn
ing
to
ma
ke th
e B
ri ti
sh , at
l
east
, fe
el ju
s
t
m
ar
gina
ll y
m a
rg i
na l
.
Min
ima
l Se
lve
s.
ln:
AP
PIG
NA
NE
SI Li
sa
E
d.).
T
HE R
EA
L ME
: P
OS
T
-M
O
DER
NI
SM
A
NO
T
HE
QU
ES
TIO
N O
F
ID
EN
TIT
Y
.
IC
A D
ocu
me
nts
6.
Lo
nd
on:
Th
e lns
titu
te
of
Co
nte
mp
ora
ry Art
s 1
987
p.
44-
46.