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This seminar offers a critical introduction to theories about nationalism and state formation from an anthropological perspective. Topics include nationalism and gender, nationalism and racism, and nationalism and social control. These topics are then related to contemporary challenges to the idea of the nation-state as posed by transnational processes and globalization. Note: this course satisfies the General Education Writing Requirements |
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Note: this course satisfies the General Education Writing Requirements |
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Nationalisms and the Nation-State 
Through
philosophy, theory and specific ethnographies, in this seminar we will
explore both historical and contemporary perspectives on constructions
of racial difference. We will discuss the political uses made of racial
categories that accompanied the emergence of modern capitalism in the
19th century, and how new divisions of labor and specific economic incentives
perpetuated (and continue to) the need to socially discriminate on the
basis of "race".