liberal nationalists on everything (rousseau and mazzini)

Question 1

liberal nationalists on human nature

Answer 1

humans naturally belong in nations

humans are rational and can adapt (progressive) .

because of this positive view of human nature, they advocate for an inclusive vision of the nation, emphsasising the potential for individuals to coexist harmoiously based on shared values.

optimistic human nature leads tgem to support supernational cooperation among nations through entities like NATO, the EU, the EEC and etc.

mazzini- romanticises human nature and underscored national sentiment as being rooted in love and fellowship. “god has given you your country as a cradle’

the ‘sense of fellowship which binds together all sons of that territory’

Question 2

liberal nationalists on society

Answer 2

society is held together by shared national characteristics, (values) they could concievably be adopted by anyone e.g rousseaus principles of equality, general will, social contract etc.

society is progressive, moving forward (french revolution) forming new constitutions and political systems

progressive and inclusive/cosmopolital society

rousseau civic nationalism: when nationhood serives from shared political values of democracy and liberalism, this is rational and inclusive. a member of a nation built on civic nationalism should, ‘act in obedience to the general will”

Question 4

liberal nationalists on the state

Answer 4

a nation state is the appropriate political unit;

national self determination within an international order of liberal transnational organisations (UN, EU, ICJ etc) in wilsons ‘fourteen points’ after ww1 1918- trying to ensure further peace after the war.
wilson believed in self determination for colonised nations

similarly, mazzini believed in an international community of nation-states; “a free and equal community of brothers”