Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
Chapter one the introduction, Anderson emphasizes the meaning of an imagined community. (pg 6) A community that builds an identity off the belief that others feel the same way they do about their nation. This community understands that they belong to their nation's contingency and therefore having assurance of a common ground with one another.
Chapter two discusses how religion and monarchy creditability is questioned with the new changes of time. Religion was supposed to be the answers to all questions about life and the future. However, with the change in the thinking and language among many people, religion and language started to become altered to fit the new way of life and everyone started to be accepted into a community. (pg 22) Being a member of a religious group or being a privileged person was no longer a qualification to understand the importance of having a community, being able to read and communicate through......
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