National Strategies and the Uses of Dichotomy
National Strategies and the Uses of Dichotomy

Summary/Abstract: There is broad consensus among contemporary theorists of nationalism that “nation” always is – or ultimately becomes – both political and cultural. Rather than a useful theoretical typology, the political-cultural dichotomy is better viewed as part of the repertoire of nationalist strategies. Although modern nationalists have understood the importance of forging both political and cultural unity if they desire to create stable institutional paths for perpetuating a nation on a desired territory, one of their prominent strategies has been to emphasize either political or cultural requirements of “nationhood” to accomplish this end.

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