The Cultural Roots of the Federalist Revolution

There is a widespread revolt against the nation-state, aimed more against the “state” than the “nation” — the state's most recent political model. The essence of the state can be traced to its pursuit or internal homogeneity. In order to reach this objective, the modern state hypostatized the idea of the nation (which remains rather fictitious) and used it as a political myth — a binding idea able to guarantee cohesion. Accordingly, it opposed the particularisms articulated in language, culture, cults and customs that constitute a people's concrete social texture and the basis for specific political institutions reflecting a local character. All this was considered “backward” and dismissed as “folklore,” thus discrediting the cultivation of dialects, traditions and customs

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  Tom Bra, Tom Brass•The Journal of Peasant Studies•1996

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