Essays on Nationalism

Introduction            The term nationalism is used to describe attitudes or actions that particular members of a nation have having concerning their national identity. On the other hand, national identity denotes members of common ethnicity, origin or cultural ties, something that has been referred to as individual membership in a nation....

Many nations in our modern world are divided on the political movement they should adopt in order to remain relevant in modern politics. In different countries, nationalist and populist parties have secured positions in parliament at the local, regional and also the national level where they have gained popularity and...

The rise of the modern nation-state occurred mostly in the years 1800-1900 in Europe. The French Revolution is credited with stoking the embers of nationalism that resulted in the weakening and abolishing of monarchies. In essence, nation-states were the totality of two definitions: the nation and the state. The nation...

Edmund Husserl examines the current cultural crises in Europe that resulted from the spirit of enlightenment that had settled over the continent in The Vienna Lecture, one of his best-known works. Husserl, a fervent European nationalist, laments the systematic destruction of valuable cultural items brought on by modernity's intrusion into...

In conclusion, nationalism was a prominent political idea in the past, which was many hundred years ago. Politics support mobilization is sometimes included in the definition of patriotism. A good example is the globally unavoidable rise in engagements for national releases, which began mostly after World War II. At first,...

A group of white nationalists and neo-Nazis held the Unite the Right demonstration on August 12, 2017, to air their frustrations against the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee. The Confederate Army's commanding general was General Lee. However, as a fight broke out between white supremacists and...

Bal Gangadhar Tilak: A Brief History Bal Gangadhar Tilak, better known as Lokmanya, was an Indian nationalist, educator, and independence activist. The third member of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate, he was a leader of the Indian independence movement. He was also known as the "father of Indian unrest" by the...

During the Indian independence struggle, an ideology known as nationalism emerged. The subject is focused on explaining and highlighting how India has been governed and ruled by various regimes and emperors throughout history. Furthermore, further elaboration on how India has impacted under the Akhand and Emperor Bharata through the institutions...

The First World War has significant consequences for European governments and economies. The destruction caused by this war sparked the creation of a major political shift that spread through Europe. The philosophy of fascism was a revolutionary idea that was developing in a number of European democracies. Fascism seemed to...

Malcolm X delivered one of the most powerful speeches in American civil rights history in April 1964. The Ballot and The Bullet declaration concentrated on Black Nationalism at a time when the African American community had no influence about who they elected. During the electioneering time, white nationalists will usually...

There is a long tradition of the rise of nationalist movements in the world that goes back to the 1980s. They have been turned into political parties since the inception of many nationalist activities that have achieved high levels of performance, especially in Western democracies. As seen in the 1990s,...