| ID | 078560 |
| Title Proper | Old wine in new bottles |
| Other Title Information | civic nation-building and ethnic nationalism in schooling in Piedmont, ca. 1700-1861 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chilosi, David |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | equates nationalism with 'the organisation of human groups into large, centrally educated, culturally homogeneous units'. As the theorist of nationalism argues, and as recent and not so recent historical research shows, the modernisation of schooling is a defining moment in this process. The objective of this article is twofold: first, to show that during the Risorgimento schooling in Piedmont became nationalist; and second, to explain why that was the case. In doing so, it is argued that: (a) the modernisation of schooling reflected the rise of laissez faire liberalism, industrialisation and the enfranchisement of the middle class; and (b) the leadership of the Risorgimento revived pre-modern ethnic symbols of patriotism to legitimate inequality and state formation under conditions of individualism. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 13, NO.3; Jul 2007: p417-436 |
| Journal Source | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 13, NO.3; Jul 2007: p417-436 |
| Key Words | Ethnicity ; Nationalism ; Non-building ; Risorgimento ; Schooling |