The terminological use of "nations", "sovereignty" and associated concepts was significantly refined with the writing by Hugo Grotius of De jure belli ac pacis in the early 17th century. Living in the times of the

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Scholars frequently place the beginning of nationalism in the late 18th century or early 19th century with the American Declaration of Independence

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Many political scientistshave theorized about the foundations of the modern nation-state and the concept of sovereignty. The concept

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The sociological or modernist interpretation of nationalism and nation-building argues that nationalism arises and flourishes in modern societies that have an industrial

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Critics of nationalism have argued that it is often unclear what constitutes a nation, or whether a nation is a legitimate unit of political rule. Nationalists hold that the boundaries of a nation and a state should coincide with one another, thus nationalism tends to

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• Chauvinism
• Gellner's theory of nationalism
• Jingoism

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Historians, sociologists and anthropologists have debated different types of nationalism since at least the 1930s. Generally, the most

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