Social Phylogeny

Eric John Earnest Hobsbaum (British Marxist historian and author) defines a nation as "one of many traditions 'invented' by political elites in order to legitimise their power in a century of revolution and democratisation".
A nation is characterised first and foremost by its traditions. Most of a nations traditions are derived from its history which includes value systems, religions and practices. The rest of a nations traditions are man - made, solely for political reasons, to (as they claim) unify the people of the nation and breed feelings of patriotism.
Phylogeny refers to the evolutionary history of a group of organisms. In this case i am attempting to "blog" about the evolution of social values, norms and sentiments of us, as indians and global citizens, hence the phrase "Social Phylogeny".
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