3 CreditsBiological SciencesCivic Life and EthicsComm, Lang, Lit, & PhilosophySocial Sciences
This course studies the relationship between states and nations in both a theoretical and comparative perspective with a particular focus on the Catalan, Basque and Spanish experiences. It analyzes state building processes and the development of nationalism, as well as the social, economic and technological conditions behind its emergence, transformation and contrasting discourse. The course aims at providing a solid theoretical background on the subject of nationalism as well as introducing the students into the social and political reality that permeates in Spains daily life and shapes Spaniards political mind-frames and identities.