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This study discusses the construction of the nationalist subject based on the theories of everyday life and nationalism. Nationalist historiography takes the elements that make up the nation as given. In order to discuss the construction of the nationalist subject, it is necessary to break away from the essentialist narrative of nation. The nation is reproduced every day by daily practices. Rituals, symbols, and discourses construct the nationalist subject in everyday life. This study seeks to explain the construction of the nationalist subject via Louis Althusser's theory of ideology and Michael Billig's banal nationalism theory. Theories of nationalism generally point out that nationalism is imposed on individuals through indoctrination. Therefore, this study tries to indicate that subjects are both the product and the perpetrator of nationalism. Finally, it aims to address the commitment to national identity based on Judith Butler's theory of subordination.

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