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Nation

A nation is a type of social organization where a collective identity—a national identity—has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory, or society. Some nations are constructed around ethnicity (see ethnic nationalism) while others are bound by political…

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Etymology and terminology

Nations in history

Early modern nations

Social science

Debate about a potential future of nations

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Nation

Nodes164
Edges163
Triples206
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012195
Components1

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Nation

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related to Sources · 79
Nation → Abstract Community, African Civilisations, Alfred, Anderson, Annual Review, Anthony, Archéologies, Becker, Benedict, Bhabha, Blackwell, Bringing Theory Back In, Bruno, Bulletin, Cambridge, Charles, Chavane, CNRS, Culture, Dakar
see also · 27
Nation → Advocacy, Benedict AndersonInvented, Chinese, Citizenship, Communities, Connected, Distinct, Ethnic, Form, Geographical, Group, Grouping, Guardian, Human, Ideology, Large, Legal, Plurality, Political, Politics
related to Early modern nations · 25
Nation → According, An Early Modernist Critique, Anthony, Biblical, Chosen Peoples, Diana Muir Appelbaum, Dutch Republic, England, Five Roads, Gorski, Gorski's, Greenfeld, In, Liah Greenfeld, Memories, Modernist Theory, Modernity, Myths, National Identity, Nationalism
related to Use of term nationes by medieval universities and other medieval institutions · 17
Nation → Bavarian, Bohemian, French, In, Jean Gerson, Jerusalem, Knight, Knights Hospitaller, Paris, Pedro Tafur, Polish, Prague, Rhodes, Saxon, Spanish, The University, University
related to Debate about a potential future of nations · 16
Nation → According, American Enterprise Institute, Civilizations, Cold War, Foreign Affairs, Francis Fukuyama's, History, Huntington, Last Man, Remaking, Samuel, The, The Clash, The End, There, World Order
related to The existence of earlier nations · 13
Nation → Adrian Hastings, Anthony, Christian, He, Hebrew Bible, However, Israel, Jews, Regarding, Second Temple, Smith, The, Zionism
related to Etymology and terminology · 10
Nation → By Cicero, In, In Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French, Old Latin, PIE, Roman, The English
related to Social science · 8
Nation → Benedict Anderson, Ethnosymbolism, For, Modernization, Nationalism, Primordialism, Proponents, There
related to Criticisms · 5
Nation → Geary, He, In, Sami Zubaida, Similarly
is a · 2
Nation → imagined community in the sense that the material conditions exist for imagining extended and shared connections and that it is objectively impersonal, type of social organization where a collective identity

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Nationis atype of social organization where a collective identity0.90text
Nationis aimagined community in the sense that the material conditions exist for imagining extended and shared connections and that it is objectively impersonal0.90text
'English' means continuity in its meaninginstance ofJohn Breuilly criticizes Hastings's assumption that continued usage of a term0.80text
the Fulainstance ofspeakers of the Pulaar language in Senegal and the Gambia0.80text
Toucouleur peopleinstance ofspeakers of the Pulaar language in Senegal and the Gambia0.80text
the Internetinstance ofthe United Nations and the European Union and the advent of new information and culture technologies0.80text
Nationrelated to CriticismsIn0.60section
Nationrelated to CriticismsGeary0.60section
Nationrelated to CriticismsHe0.60section
Nationrelated to CriticismsSimilarly0.60section
Nationrelated to CriticismsSami Zubaida0.60section
Nationrelated to Debate about a potential future of nationsThere0.60section

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