Nationalism Flashcards
A sociological term referring to a group of people who have a sense
of union with one another.
Nation
A political term that includes four elements:
people, territory, government, and sovereignty.
State
Often expressed in terms of ethnicity
rather than citizenship.
Nationality
What are the four elements of the state
People, Territory, Sovereignty, Government
The resulting political
entity when a nation of people
manage to create a state of their
own.
Nation-state
The right of national groups to organize
their own nation-states
National Self-Determination
Symbolizes the unity of a people
Nation
Politicizes the people’s union
State
A defined geographical space solely associated with a particular state
Territory
Ultimate legal authority within a given territory
Sovereignty
(Theory) Humans, according to Aristotle, are social beings by nature; that is, they naturally gather together and interact with one another, thus
forming a community. A community is a necessary condition for human fulfillment, and the formal organization of the community is the state.
Natural Theory
An approach of the _____ theory where the state was created by conquest; it grew out of the forceful domination of the strong over the weak.
Negative Approach of The Force Theory
The state, institutionalizing the power of the
strong over the weak, simply arranged affairs as
they should be.
Positive Approach of The Force Theory
The oldest theory of the origin of the state. It is based on a fairly common assumption: Some people are
God’s chosen ones.
The Divine Theory
The convergence of absolute monarchy and centralization of spiritual power. Its adherents believed that all power came from God, but they differ from the churchmen by suggesting that God specifically chose the king and gave him absolute power.
Divine Right of Kings Theory
Based on the concept of popular sovereignty, in which the ultimate source of the legitimacy and authority of the state is the people.
Rather than being created by natural human impulse or being empowered by God, the state was created by a deliberate and rational act of the people in society.
The state is created by all individuals within it.
Social Contract Theory
Nationalism was seen as a tool that could loosen the
grip on people of monarchist oppression.
Liberty, equality, fraternity
Leftist Nationalism
Nationalism was seen as a vehicle by which to forge stronger, more disciplined political unions and to expand the nation’s economic interests through a new burst of colonialism across Africa and Asia
(by the close of the nineteenth century)
Rightist Nationalism
Nationalism focuses on the national group as the principal political unit and it demands that the national group be served by a nation-state that complements their interests.
Theory of Nationalism
What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?
Nationalism — the theory of the modern nation-state, describes the nation-state and offers a theoretical justification for it.
Patriotism — not a theory, but an act or gesture of loyalty or commitment to the nation-state.
Extreme forms of nationalism can also lead to _________, which is, when one nation becomes dominant over others.
Imperialism
