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But as the [[Twilight]] fell and the [[Long Night]] grew steadily darker, ethnic and cultural sub-groups on scores of planets dug up old cultural differences and used them as a rallying point to increase the group's sense of identity. These reconstructed cultures were usually extremely romanticized, often twisted almost beyond recognition, but all of them focused on a past glorious grandeur and a similar glory to come for the group. Examples are the truebrits of [[Cymbeline (world)| Cymbeline]] /Solomani Rim, the inheritors of [[Scandia (world)| Scandia]] / Solomani Rim and the neo-germanics of [[Ephraim (world)| Ephraim]] /Diaspora. Often an old forgotten language was reconstructed and made the national language, usually at the expense of the [[Anglic]] that had been the universal language of The Terran Confederation and the Second Empire. Many planets were renamed at the same time. | But as the [[Twilight]] fell and the [[Long Night]] grew steadily darker, ethnic and cultural sub-groups on scores of planets dug up old cultural differences and used them as a rallying point to increase the group's sense of identity. These reconstructed cultures were usually extremely romanticized, often twisted almost beyond recognition, but all of them focused on a past glorious grandeur and a similar glory to come for the group. Examples are the truebrits of [[Cymbeline (world)| Cymbeline]] /Solomani Rim, the inheritors of [[Scandia (world)| Scandia]] / Solomani Rim and the neo-germanics of [[Ephraim (world)| Ephraim]] /Diaspora. Often an old forgotten language was reconstructed and made the national language, usually at the expense of the [[Anglic]] that had been the universal language of The Terran Confederation and the Second Empire. Many planets were renamed at the same time. | ||
| − | Many planets in the [[Domain of Deneb]] and beyond it were colonized by neo-nationalists. When planets with a strong neo-nationalist background were reintegrated into the Third [[Imperium]] there were often groups that preferred emigration to staying under the new regime. Thus [[Caledonia (world)| Caledonia]] /Glisten was colonized from [[Duncan (world)| Duncan]] /Alpha Crucis, [[Ghandi (world)| Ghandi]] /Lanth from [[Cathay (world)| Cathay]] /Vega, and [[Olympia (world)| Olympia]] /Lunion from [[Athene (world)| Athene]] /Ultima. | + | Many planets in the [[Domain of Deneb]] and beyond it were colonized by neo-nationalists. When planets with a strong neo-nationalist background were reintegrated into the Third [[Imperium]] there were often groups that preferred emigration to staying under the new regime. Thus [[Caledonia (SM 2134) (world)| Caledonia]] /Glisten was colonized from [[Duncan (world)| Duncan]] /Alpha Crucis, [[Ghandi (world)| Ghandi]] /Lanth from [[Cathay (world)| Cathay]] /Vega, and [[Olympia (SM 1728) (world)| Olympia]] /Lunion from [[Athene (SR 0706) (world)| Athene]] /Ultima. |
Opinions about neo-nationalism are sharply divided. On some planets it led to a greater sense of community, prevented polarization of the society and probably to a greater or lesser extent saved the planet from regression or destruction. On others, especially planets with more than one dominant group, it led to balkanization, wars and destruction. | Opinions about neo-nationalism are sharply divided. On some planets it led to a greater sense of community, prevented polarization of the society and probably to a greater or lesser extent saved the planet from regression or destruction. On others, especially planets with more than one dominant group, it led to balkanization, wars and destruction. | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 8 June 2015
National Re-Emergence is a social and political phenomenon seen on scores of Solomani-settled planets in the wake of the fall of the Second Imperium. During the 400 years or so that the Rule of Man lasted a goodly number of the thinly settled planets in Delphi, Diaspora, Massilia, Old Expanses, and Solomani Rim Sectors were colonized from Terra. Emigrants had a tendency to prefer planets where people of their own ethnic and cultural background were already established. Nationalism as such was an ill-favored concept in the days of the Terran Federation and continued to be so under the Rule of Man. Peaceful cultural individualism, however, was not, and different groups usually coexisted without any significant trouble.
But as the Twilight fell and the Long Night grew steadily darker, ethnic and cultural sub-groups on scores of planets dug up old cultural differences and used them as a rallying point to increase the group's sense of identity. These reconstructed cultures were usually extremely romanticized, often twisted almost beyond recognition, but all of them focused on a past glorious grandeur and a similar glory to come for the group. Examples are the truebrits of Cymbeline /Solomani Rim, the inheritors of Scandia / Solomani Rim and the neo-germanics of Ephraim /Diaspora. Often an old forgotten language was reconstructed and made the national language, usually at the expense of the Anglic that had been the universal language of The Terran Confederation and the Second Empire. Many planets were renamed at the same time.
Many planets in the Domain of Deneb and beyond it were colonized by neo-nationalists. When planets with a strong neo-nationalist background were reintegrated into the Third Imperium there were often groups that preferred emigration to staying under the new regime. Thus Caledonia /Glisten was colonized from Duncan /Alpha Crucis, Ghandi /Lanth from Cathay /Vega, and Olympia /Lunion from Athene /Ultima.
Opinions about neo-nationalism are sharply divided. On some planets it led to a greater sense of community, prevented polarization of the society and probably to a greater or lesser extent saved the planet from regression or destruction. On others, especially planets with more than one dominant group, it led to balkanization, wars and destruction.