... importance on politics in relation to nationalism, asserting that "nationalism is primarily a political principle, which holds that the political and the national unit should be congruent."# In terms of citizenship, Gellner believes that citizenship rights were launched by the French Revolution, and that the unpleasant and degrading conditions of the proletariat brought about by the Industrial Revolution provided both opportunity and a motive for a growth of political consciousness, exemplified by ... the formation of organizations such as trade unions. Gellner emphasises education as a...

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... of WWII can a 21st century Jew share an innate feeling of nationality and pride in the nation as a Caucasian German? How and what constitutes a nation? Was there a particular time when nationhood emerged and does the commonly held view that the 1789 French Revolution was the definitive moment for the emergence of nations as we know them today still hold to be true? Some my ... nationhood cannot ever be denied or absorbed because it is the strongest affirmation that groups have of their own nationality. Within the ever growing secular society and American influenced Canada the only real ...

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