States live and die according to the processes of history. Some survive for centuries, while others are snuffed out in a day. Those that last produce historians. It’s said that history is written by the winners; the truth is that it’s written by survivors. What happens, though, if we look at history through the lens of the forgotten? If we try to perform the imaginative act of resurrecting old nationalisms, dead traditions, the states that are no more? What connections do we see, and how do we re-imagine the countries still living in the world? How can we still be certain about the persistence of our homelands?
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