Nationalism Flashcards
Common identities of concept of nation
language- Fitch and Herder, binds people together
religion- EG Jews
culture- shared history, GB multinational different ethnic groups
ethnicity- Chinese, japanese
geography
Key Thinker Johan von Herder
role of language in society, nations defined by culture
EG welsh nationalists- language justification for unity of a nation
States based upon identity of people
Society based on shared sense of culture
The state- self determination
reaction against absolute monarchy- caused democratic states and revolution
seeking liberation from imperial masters
Nation state
political entity + social reality, sovreignty
some are multinational (UK)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
created nation state- self determination
Concept of nation- allegiance of hold people together
Held together by patriorism, education, govt
General will- of the nation, conventional deomcracy
Patriorism and national identity
Some states don’t contain single national identity- USA drawn together for love of state they live in
Civic nationalism
national identity less important in peoples pride in political institutions of state- USA
Individual rights and liberts
Liberal internationalism
liberal democratic form of state desired- intervention in affairs of sovreign states, international cooperation
socialist internationalism
class is everything- common cause (working class etc)
Social nationalism
synthesise nationalism with socialism- Africa combat international capitalist imperialism
Nativism and protectionism
indigenous/ original population has superior claim to nationality
Nationslim progressive (yes)
Liberal nationalism- establish democracy, liberty
Liberals and socialists- uniting people
Liberals and republicans- freedom of nation linked with freedom of individuals
Nationalism Regressive
Conservative nationalists- ‘goldern era’ from past, no development
conservative- defensive and xenophobic, Nazism`
Liberal nationalism
linked to Enlightenment- individuals determine own free will
nation state- rational govt
All nation-states equal
States recognise right of other free states for peace
Giuseppe Mazzini
fight against monarchy rule
Republicanism- desire to see nation united and free from external domination
Indiviual liberty shouldn’t interfere w aims of nationalism