What are some understandings of nation?
Peter Russell, a Canadian constitutional expert, believes that the term "nation" refers collectively to a people rather than to a country. "[The word 'nation'] has a long, pre-modern existence as a term to designate a people who have an identifiable culture, history, language, etc.,"
Like Russell, many scholars believe that people with a similar worldview and ideas about themselves make up a nation. These collective ideas can develop from shared linguistic, ethnic, cultural, religious, spiritual, geographical, and political understandings.
Like Russell, many scholars believe that people with a similar worldview and ideas about themselves make up a nation. These collective ideas can develop from shared linguistic, ethnic, cultural, religious, spiritual, geographical, and political understandings.
The 8 Understandings of 'nation' include the following;
Linguistic
Ethnic
Cultural
Religious
Geographic
Relationship to Land
Spiritual
Political
Linguistic
Ethnic
Cultural
Religious
Geographic
Relationship to Land
Spiritual
Political
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