PS 345 - Nationalism

Semester Hours: 4

This special topics course introduces students to the study of nationalism and nationality. The course, run as a seminar, surveys the existing theoretical literature on nationalism and national identity formation. It examines nationalism from a broadly comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. The first half of the course reviews the debates within the literature over theories of nationalism, and examines the origins of nationalism in the European context. The second half of the course focus on a variety of issues related to the contemporary expressions nationalism and its relations to other forms of political identity in an increasingly globalized world.

Intellectual Perspective: HC
When Offered: Offered alternating years.