![]() ![]() Primordialism, perennialism, modernism, and ethnosymbology all emerged as competing theories of how, why, and when nations form. The importance of nationalism as a political force in the 20th century led to an increase in scholarly attention with the development of several different schools of thought as to the mechanisms of national origin. Although there is some debate about the origin and antiquity of the idea of a nation, the political manifestation of national identity as nationalism is widely accepted as a relatively modern concept. ![]() ![]() Nationalism is a term that is generally used to describe either the attachment of a person to a particular nation, or a political action by such a group to achieve statehood (or national self-determination). ![]()
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