Benedict Anderson Pol-Soc Podcast Quiz

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4. Anderson was educated in Eton and Cambridge, worked mainly in the US and the Netherlands, and taught "“International Studies, Government & Asian Studies", but what was his actual nationality? i.e. what passport did he carry?

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10. Define the term 'Jingoism'.

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Having a very positive attitude about everything

Wanting to fight at the drop of a hat

Extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy

Confusion as to whether you're supposed to be playing Bingo or Jenga

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2. According to Anderson, a nation also has which TWO other specific qualities?

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Geographically limited and has defined boundaries

All speak the same language

All practice the same religion

Has numerous colonies

Controls its own sovereignty and decision making processes

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8. He also argued that Nationalism was “Emotionally Strong, but Philosophically Weak”. What does this mean?

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You might have a strong emotional connection to it without being able to properly explain why

You think that you don't need philosophers to tell you what to think about the country

Only the physically strong and intelligent people should be nationalists

Anybody who is emotionally weak should be barred from the country

You need to be able to explain exactly what it is about your nation that you love

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7. Anderson argued that Nationalism "is more like a religion that “commands a profound emotional legitimacy” than an I____________"

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Interest

Instinct

Inexplicable

Ideology

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5. Anderson was influenced by 'Post-Colonialism'. What does this term mean?

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The study of Empires and their Colonies

The study of the lasting impact of colonization in former colonies

The study of Wars of Independence

How the postal system works in colonies

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9. Examine the cartoon below. What word do you think may have been deleted from the upper picture?

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Jingoism

Patriotism

Isolationism

Trumpism

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3. According to Anderson, which of the following factors was NOT one of the reasons that nations formed in the 18th Century?

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The decline in the unifying power of the Church in the period after the Reformation

The decline in the power of Latin as a transnational language of administration

The rise of newspapers published in vernacular languages

The invention of social media that allowed people to 'Tag' their location

Standardization of time and calendars (bringing about the idea that you can experience events ‘simultaneously’ with other members of the imagined community)

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1. Anderson defines a nation as an 'Imagined Community'. What does he mean by this? (identify the TWO correct aspects)

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It is imaginary and made up as it goes along

It is capable of being imagined

Is filled with people who must, by definition, know each other

Has 'horizontal comradeship' where people are willing to kill and die for those they have never met

Are people who all have the same skin colour

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6. Despite being expelled from the country, with which Asian country is Anderson's work most associated?

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