Nations, like narratives, lose their origins in the myths of time - TopicsExpress



          

Nations, like narratives, lose their origins in the myths of time and only fully realize their horizons in the minds eye. Such an image of the nation - or narration - might seem impossibly romantic and excessively metaphorical, but it is from those traditions of political thought and literary language that the nation emerges as a powerful historical idea in the west. An idea whose cultural compulsion lies in the impossible unity of the nation as a symbolic force - Homi Bhaba: https://youtube/watch?v=4xoM6-1SWl4
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:32:16 +0000

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