287 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: The Symbolism Of Nationalism
The Symbolic World
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The Collapsing Canadian Identity
As the old idea of the empire recedes as Christianity as a central unifying story, something has to step into that space. In Quebec, they're trying to hold on to their identity, but they really think of it in terms of nation. It's almost this like weird collapse, like this. So we thought we would get into politics so much. Well, I mean, it's my own fault for picking the subject, right? Yeah. But, but anyway, but it's interesting because here in Canada, we can really see where that leads to is that it actually leads to extremes in some ways.
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