Nationalism in 19th Century Europe Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about nationalism in 19th century Europe, covering nation-building, conscription, education, infrastructure, media, racism, treatment of minorities, and travel writing.

Nationalism

Loyalty and devotion to a nation; a feeling of national pride and unity.

Conscription

Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

Standard Language

A language variety used by a population for public discourse.

Kulturkampf

German policies in relation to secularity and reducing the role of religious organizations in public life.

Russification

A form of cultural assimilation process during which non-Russian communities, voluntarily or not, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian one.

Dreyfus Affair

A political scandal that divided France in the 1890s and early 1900s, involving the wrongful conviction of a Jewish army officer for treason.

Scientific Racism

The pseudoscientific belief that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racism, racial inferiority, or racial superiority.

Imagined Community

A concept coined by Benedict Anderson to analyze nationalism. Anderson argues that a nation is a socially constructed community, imagined by the people who perceive themselves as part of that group.