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National Identity

The process of yookay-ification
A personal tour around an emerging country
Jun 17 • 
Will Solfiac
Folk Beliefs of the Upper Normie II: “Nations are Modern Creations”
How the modernist approach to nationalism of Gellner, Hobsbawm etc. became conventional wisdom.
Apr 30 • 
Will Solfiac
How nations and peoples mattered during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
The importance of ethnic identity in Gildas, Bede, and in legal codes.
Mar 29 • 
Will Solfiac
On the Folk Beliefs of the Upper Normie: “National identity is just about citizenship”
Where the illusory idea of purely civic nationalism came from, and how it became conventional wisdom.
Mar 23 • 
Will Solfiac
Against the ‘ethnic food festival’ conception of culture
The roots of this idea in social status positioning and in Scott Alexander's idea of universal culture
May 4, 2024 • 
Will Solfiac
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