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Eastern Europe
(19th and 20th century)
Christoph Mick
Lecture 2
Nation and Nation Building II
Week 3
7/15/2017
Outline
1. Introduction
2. Nations as Imagined Communities
3. Miroslav Hroch and the Small Nations
4. Conclusion
A nation is
(Miroslav Hroch)
a large social group integrated by
A nation is
an imagined community and imagined
as both inherently limited and sovereign.
Preconditions of nations
Miroslav Hroch, From National Movement to the Fully-Fledged Nation, pp. 61-62
Four types of National Movement in non-dominant ethnies (Miroslav
Hroch)
1. The inception of national agitation (Phase B) began under the old regime
(absolutism), Phase C started in a time of revolutionary changes, the
national leaders formulated their national programme in a time of political
upheaval: Czech, Hungarians (1848 revolution)
2. Phase B started under the old regime, but Phase C (mass movement)
was delayed after a constitutional revolution either by uneven economic
development or foreign oppression: Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Croatia
Slovakia, Ukraine
3. Phase C started under the old regime, before the establishment of a civil
society or constitutional order: Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria
4. Phase B (national agitation) began under constitutional conditions and
Phase C was sometimes early reached (Basque, Catalonia), after a long
delay (Flanders) or not at all (Wales, Scotland, Britanny)
Outline
1. Introduction
2. Nations as Imagined Communities
3. Ethno-Symbolism
4. Miroslav Hroch and the Small Nations
5. Conclusion
Pattern of a successful national
movement (M. Hroch)
A crisis of legitimacy
A certain amount of vertical social mobility
(educated people from the non-dominant
group)
High level of social communication (literacy,
schooling, market relations)
Nationally relevant conflicts of interest