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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

With such an innocent start...

The French Revolution marks the start to the age of the nation states.

Songs such as this one were used to create a spirit of nationalism that continues to this day.




Is two centuries long enough to dim our collective memory of the time before the 'national' enterprise?

1 comment:

  1. Ah ça ira ça ira ça ira.
    Les aristocrates à la lanterne.
    Ah ça ira ça ira ça ira.
    Les aristocrates on les pendra!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauZMrXqRu0

    Best regards
    Rafa

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