Politics · Introduction
A state has borders; a nation has memories
A state is a government with territory, and it can be conquered. A nation is a community held together by shared memories and a will to stand together.
A nation is a state of mind.
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A nation may claim a homeland without occupying it, and may outlive the state where it began. The Hebrew Bible, the book argues, is the first attempt in history to build a 'national identity' in this sense, long before modern nationalism.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 12–13
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