concepts of nation, power and difference

concepts of nation, power and difference.

Order Description
QUESTIONS
1. What does it mean to think about nations as “Imagined communities”? (Anderson,
Bennett, Williams)
2. It is possible to think about the concept of nation without understanding and
critiquing dominant discourses of race/class/gender/sexuality? (Griffin, Ken, hooks)
3. What does slavery have to do with the formation of nations and identity and
difference (Hall)
4. Foucault’s work on power brings together different elements of power with an
emphasis on relations of power. Give an example of Foucauldian analysis of power
relations (St Pierre)