CULTURAL NATIONALISM: ETHNOSYMBOLISM ABOUT THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENTSIA IN THE FORMATION OF A NATION

The article discusses the role of intelligentsia and the new middle class in the process of nations and nationalism formation during the Modern period in terms of ethnosymbolism. On the example of National Collective, the cultural movement for Scottish independence, featuring activists campaigning for a Yes vote on referendum that took place in 2014, the activities of modern creatives in the promotion of cultural nationalism in the information society are reviewed