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2: The Genesis of Nations

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The Story of the People Entering Politics

The idea that people are the subject of politics is only a couple hundred years old. So, these stories are way of handling a transformation. They're way of handling change. Okay, so now I'm moving from what they say about themselves to how they actually work. In the 19th century, there comes a time when you have to handle the form of politics in which the people are now now in the world. And so, you need some version of the past which accounts for that.

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