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The 20th Century British Literature Lecture 6 National Identity and Multicultural Personae Luo Lianggong Nationalism and National Identity Nationalism: --strong devotion to one’s own nation; --patriotic feelings, efforts and principles; --movement for political/ economic/ cultural independence (in a country controlled by another) Nationalistic energies since 1980s: --collapse of communism in Eastern Europe --demise of apartheid and birth of new South Africa Nationalism: --used to be viewed as inherently reactionary and intrinsically undemocratic; now viewed as tending to new forms of social or