The equation of state with nation is the arch-heresy of our time. A “nation” is, at root, an ethno-linguistic – occasionally religious – entity, and because it is through language and liturgy that culture is transmitted, each nation will have its own distinctive cultural history, available for use and misuse, invention and discovery.
将国家等同于民族是我们这个时代无出其右的异端邪说。一个“民族”，从根本上讲，是一个种族语言学—间或也是宗教—的实体。因为文化是通过语言和礼拜仪式传播的，所以每一个民族都会有自身独特的文化历史，可以被使用和误用，被发明和发现。