Lived Nation: Histories of Experience and Emotion in Understanding Nationalism

Elites , Nationalism and Nation - States

Nationalism creates and recreates a sense of distinctive identity and autonomy based on the Enlightenment idea of human freedom that enables people to survive in a modern world in which unpredictable change has become the norm. While, in the medieval world, the feudal states invoked religion and cultural resources to make people servile, the modern state invokes identity in a language of servin...

Nation-Building, Nationalism, and Wars∗

This paper explores how the increase in army size observed in early modern times changed the way states conducted wars. Starting in the late 18th century, states switched from mercenaries to a mass army by conscription. We model the incentives of soldiers to exert effort in war and show that as army size increases paying mercenaries is no longer optimal. In order for the population to accept fi...

Athletic Older Adults and COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding Lived Experience of Athletic Older Adults in Tehran (a phenomenological approach)

Objectives: Epidemics create a lot of social and behavioral changes in all areas, sport is no exception. The aim of this study is understanding lived experience of athletic older adults in Tehran from COVID-19 pandemic. Methods and Materials: The research was carried out by the qualitative method and through a phenomenological approach. The participants were 16 Athletic older adults in Tehran ...

Unearthing the nation: modern geology and nationalism in Republican China.

Lived Experience of Divorce Children in Iran

Extended Abstract Introduction: Divorce is a phenomenon that is rising in many societies, including Iran, and often leads to great harm and dilemma for family members, especially children. Given that parental divorce usually occurs in the particular ages of the child’s psychosocial development, it causes children to suffer from various problems and injuries because the family is both the main ...