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2021/2022

Nation and Nationalism in the Modern World

Code: 100386 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2500501 History OT 4 0
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics OT 3 2
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics OT 4 0
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics OT 4 1
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics OT 4 2
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Andreu Espasa de la Fuente
Email:
Andreu.Espasa@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
No
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
No

Prerequisites

None

Objectives and Contextualisation

The aim of this subject is to show the importance of the national fact at the contemporary society.

The fundamental purpose of this subject is to interpret and understand the process of formation of nations and his history.

This subject is an essential introduction to the political, institutional, economic, social and cultural changes of different countries and states at the world.

 

Competences

    History
  • Applying the main methods, techniques and instruments of the historical analysis.
  • Critically assessing the fonts and theoretical models in order to analyse the different historical periods.
  • Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
  • Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Appropriately identifying and using information sources for the historical research, specially about contemporary political regimes.
  2. Communicating in your mother tongue or other language both in oral and written form by using specific terminology and techniques of Historiography.
  3. Critically summarising the various historiographical explanations about the emergence and evolution of political regimes in the contemporary era.
  4. Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
  5. Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  6. Organising and planning the search of historical information.
  7. Properly using the specific vocabulary of History.
  8. Recognising diversity and multiculturalism.
  9. Solving problems autonomously.
  10. Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
  11. Using the characteristic computing resources of the field of History.

Content

UNIT 0 - Nation and nationalism at the contemporary world: a presentation

 

UNIT 1 - Nation, a historical category of the contemporary society

 

UNIT 2 – Nation and state: formation and evolution.

 

UNIT 3 - A theoretic and methodological approach at the contemporary national fact

 

UNIT 4 - Nation and state: analysis of the administrative structures.

 

UNIT 5 – Nationalism: description and comparison of different parts in the world.

Methodology

The theoretical classes are aimed at critically analyzing the past, the nature of historical discourse and the social function of historical science, in addition to describing the social and political structures of the world zones that will characterize the national fact and critically evaluating the political models of the contemporary states. All of this complemented with some debate sessions on the compulsory readings.

The supervised activities are tutorials aimed at talking about doubts and holding discussions on specific content of the subject, while the different self-learning exercises are supervised.

The autonomous activities will focus on individual study for the integration of the acquired knowledge (realization of diagrams, concept maps, summaries, reading of texts, writing of works, preparation of oral comments and search of bibliographic information).

Approximately 15 minutes of a class will be allocated to allow their students to answer the evaluation surveys of the teaching performance and the evaluation of the subject or module.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Theoretical classes 39 1.56 1, 3
Workshops 6 0.24 4, 8, 3
Type: Supervised      
Exercises 9.5 0.38 5, 3, 11
Tutorials 13 0.52 2, 5, 6, 10
Type: Autonomous      
Individual study 69.5 2.78 9, 1, 5, 6, 8, 7, 11

Assessment

The subject will evaluate the following procedures:

The participation and the attitude in class: it is about assistance in the classroom and the comments made on the debates in class, especially those that are related to the compulsory lectures. It is evaluated through a paper of observations by the professor, which will become the evidence of the work done.

Presentations in debate: it is about presenting one of the compulsory lectures to class. It is evaluated through a paper of observations by the professor, which will become the evidence of the work done.


Written Provisions: Written Provisions are intended to demonstrate the correct assimilation of the contents of the compulsory lectures.

Written work: a paper that has to deal with any aspect related to the subject of the course, prior approval of the choice of the subject by the teacher.
  
The last days of the course there will be a recovery for those students who do not have to approve the set of the course with the sum of the different notes. The exam will focus on the compulsory reading. The highest qualification will be 5.

At the time of completion of each assessment activity, the teacher will inform (Moodle, SIA) of the procedure and date of review of the qualifications.

 

The student will receive the grade of Not assessable as long as he / she has not completed more than 30% of the assessment activities.

 

In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

In cases wherethe student performs any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the qualification of an evaluation act, it will qualify both that evaluation act, regardless of the disciplinary process that it may instruct. In cases where various irregularities are produced in the evaluation reports of a subject, the final qualification for this subject will be 0.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Essay 20% 0.5 0.02 9, 2, 1, 5, 6, 10, 8, 3, 7, 11
Participation in the classroom. 10% 0 0 9, 2, 6, 4, 8, 7
Presentations and discussion 20% 6 0.24 2, 4, 8
Tests 50% 6.5 0.26 2, 1, 5, 8, 3, 7

Bibliography

Benedict Anderson, Comunitats imaginades: reflexions sobre l'origen i la propagació del nacionalisme, Valencia: Universitat de València, 2005.

José Álvarez Junco, "Hobsbawm sobre nacionalismo", Historia Social, No. 25, pp. 179-187.

Michael Billig, "El nacionalismo banal y la reproducción de la identidad nacional", Revista Mexicana de Sociología, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1998), pp. 37-57.

Theodore Draper, El nacionalismo negro en Estados Unidos, Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1972.

Lorenzo Meyer, “Estados Unidos y la evolución del nacionalismo defensivo mexicano”, Foro Internacional, Vol. 46, No. 3 (185) (Jul. - Sep., 2006), pp. 421-464.

Fernando Molina Aparicio, "La nación desde abajo. Nacionalización, individuo e identidad nacional", Ayer, No. 90, La nacionalización en España (2013), pp. 39-63

Borja de Riquer i Permanyer, "La débil nacionalización española del siglo XIX", Historia Social, No. 20 (Autumn, 1994), pp. 97-114.

J. M. KEYNES, “La Auto-suficiencia Nacional”, El Trimestre Económico, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1934), pp. 174-189.

Ramon Sentmartí (editor), Clàssics del nacionalisme, Barcelona: Pòrtic i Edicions de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2001.

Enric Ucelay-Da Cal, “¿Es sacrosanta la soberanía? Las paradojas históricas de la «guerra contra el terrorismo» y la «no injerencia»” Ayer, No. 49, La política exterior de España enel siglo xx (2003), pp. 307-351.

Software

None.