Re: [Marxism] Shattering a 'national mythology'

[Jay Moore <pieinsky@xxxxxxx>]

A good Marxist starting point for understanding how the nation is a 
social construct (of the modern time period) is Benedict Anderson's 
"Imagined Community."  Also see Eric Hobsbawm and Terrance Ranger's "The 
Invention of Tradition."  However, a social construct is much more than 
a mere idea.  It's a internalized lived practice.
jay

milongonsinga wrote:
> The nation is a construct. It could be a valid construct if seeking 
> self-determination, or invalid if imperialist. Nonetheless, nations don't 
> actually exist in any permanent sense. This is what it means to be a 
> construct: empty, an idea. That's all. However, constituted, as tribes, or 
> ethniticites, etc. peoples have a right to self determination. Nations get a 
> right to self-determination from the people. 
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