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A nation is an imagined community in the sense that the material conditions exist for imagining extended and shared connections and that it is objectively impersonal, even if each individual in the nation experiences themselves as subjectively part of an embodied unity with others.
The existence of a nation (you will pardon me this metaphor) is a daily plebiscite, [a] just as the continuing existence of an individual is a perpetual affirmation of life. This leads Renan to the conclusion that "A nation never has a veritable interest in annexing or keeping another region against the wishes of its people".
People identify with a nation and form an in-group by recognizing commonalities such as having common descent and common destiny. At the same time they view people that identify with a different nation as out-groups. [21] Social identity theory suggests a positive relationship between the identification of a nation and the derogation of other ...
BRICS is an intergovernmental organization consisting of ten countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
Nation-building is constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Nation-building aims at the unification of the people within the state so that it remains politically stable and viable.
A stateless nation is an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own sovereign state. [1] Use of the term implies that such ethnic groups have the right to self-determination , to establish an independent nation-state with its own government.
Adi Alexander is waiting to learn if his 21-year-old son Edan will be among the released hostages. He said in a phone interview that he is hoping his child has been spared the worst while in ...
Westphalian sovereignty is the concept of nation-state sovereignty based on territoriality and the absence of a role for external agents in domestic structures. It is an international system of states, multinational corporations , and organizations that began with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.