God Is an Astronaut "All Is Violent, All Is Bright" being re-released. The single "Fragile" from the album received plays on MTV2 UK's 120 minute show and MTV's show "The Comedown". Their third album, "Far from Refuge", was released in April 2007 on Revive Records and as a download via their website. Their fourth, self-titled album "God Is an Astronaut" was released 7 November 2008 on Revive Records. On 12 February 2010, a single was released on their website titled "In The Distance Fading", the second song from their fifth album, called "Age of the Fifth Sun", released on 17 May 2010. That year
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting