The nation emerges as a new subject of history distinct from the State

Evidence

The other break, the other disruptive principle—which is, I think, more important—is the introduction of a new subject of history, both in the sense that the historical narrative acquires a new domain of objects, and in the sense that a new subject begins to speak in history. History is no longer the State talking about itself; it is something else talking about itself, and the something else that speaks in history and takes itself as the object of its own historical narrative is a sort of new entity known as the nation. “Nation” is, of course, to be understood in the broad sense of the term. I will try to come back to this point, as it is this notion of a nation that generates or gives rise to notions like nationality, race, and class. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 158

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘nation’ as the new subject-object of historical discourse that gives rise to nationality, race, and class.
• XREF: This prefigure of the nation-as-infra-State subject connects directly to Anderson’s imagined communities and the race/class genealogy that builds on it. — connects to: The nation is an imagined, limited, sovereign political community — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 37; History once served to sing the praises and legitimize the State’s sovereignty; The nation is conceived in language, not in blood — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 552 (+3 more)

Related

• The early modern “nation” meant a status-group sharing custom, not a territorial state. (similarity 0.84)
• History once served to sing the praises and legitimize the State’s sovereignty (similarity 0.81)
• The nation is an imagined, limited, sovereign political community (similarity 0.80)
• The nobiliary reaction redefined nationhood as relations of war between peoples (similarity 0.80)
• The nation was born from the decline of dynastic and religious legitimacy. (similarity 0.80)
• The nation-state emerged from joined nationality and state, depending on rooted peasant classes (similarity 0.79)
• Nationalism was invented in colonial Creole societies, not Europe. (similarity 0.79)
• The nation is conceived in language, not in blood (similarity 0.79)
• Nationalist antiquity arises necessarily from novelty (similarity 0.79)
• Nations produce identity through cultural representation, not mere legal citizenship (similarity 0.79)
• History became the discourse each class used to claim its rights (similarity 0.79)
• Nationalism is an ideology while national identity is a shared cultural base (similarity 0.78)
• Nationalism could be consciously modeled and pirated once visible predecessors existed. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• National consciousness forms through language and literature, not only through shared ancestry #expands (0.85)
• The nation is conceived in language, not in blood #expands (0.80) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 552