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Jiang uses Benedict Anderson to argue that print capitalism and communications technology turn linguistic diversity into national language, enabling people to imagine shared history and culture.
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Jiang uses Benedict Anderson to argue that print capitalism and communications technology turn linguistic diversity into national language, enabling people to imagine shared history and culture.
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"...you're able to spread language and you're able to create a national language. And this is key to the nation state. Because print and..."
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"History, it's all just made up. There's something real in it. Okay? And because of this, it's destroyed linguistic diversity. So if you were..."
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"But the idea of a national language prevents them from doing that. Okay? Does that make sense? Great. All right. Jean -Jacques Rousseau, we..."
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