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A promised land is a place that people, belonging from a particular community, believe was created for them. This belief often comes from religious stories or traditions passed down through generations. These lands are seen as sacred and essentially as a gift from a higher deity. In the Bible, for example, Canaan is called the …
Promised Lands: What Is The Cartography of Divine Claims? Read More »
Once we come to understand that borders are beyond geography, and the nation-states outlined through them are human-made ideas, it becomes important to ask how people see and feel these changes. It is usually the lives of the elite that get attention, hidden behind political treaties and talks. It is the masses, the subjects of …
Reading Between the Lines: What Popular Literature Reveals About Our Borders Read More »
Modern nation-states are often thought of in terms of what one might call the “Sleeping Beauty metaphor”, the belief that the nation had always existed, simply awaiting its historical awakening. This metaphor, which gained popularity following the events of the Glorious and French Revolutions, was projected onto colonized states, where such thoughts had never existed. …
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