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:

rpardo said...

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