Ethnic nationalism

was so baffled by these questions, is because they had a certain set of values that they believed that they should lead by example. But they did not know how to lead by example without upsetting a major ethnic group. If Germany was not punished harshly, the Americans with a strong sense of nationalism would be mad; however if Germany was punished harshly, the German-Americans would be upset. So the United States had to find that balance to attempt to please their wide variety of people. The…

immense pride. Often this strong nationalism is felt after winning a war, the inauguration of a new leader or anniversaries. As national pride among citizens within a country rises, civic engagement is also amplified. The same theory can be applied reversely to assume that low levels of nationalism correlate with scant civic engagement. Using the most similar system design one can explore the reasons behind why two analogous nations have very different levels of nationalism and civic engagement.…

In Europe, many ethnic groups were divided across existing borders and were aspiring to form their own nations - resulting in violent nationalistic urges that caused more strain on an already fragile continent. When the demands put forth by the nationalists were denied…

The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination And The International Origins Of Anticolonial Nationalism was written by Erez Manela in 2007. As stated by the author “This book is an effort to reconstruct the story of the colonial world at the Wilsonian moment.” This book looks outside of the usual mold of international relations which encompass the events following the First World War, and instead Manela looks at how countries outside the European powers viewed the events of the Paris Peace…

The people of Germany have, since before even the reunification of 1873, always been struggling with their identity. The questions of who is Germany, what is Germany, and where is Germany has always been at the forefront of the German people’s minds. So much so that the collection of questions has been given the name ‘The German Question’. When most people hear about cultural, racial, or religious disputes in Germany they would think of the Jewish Europeans during World War II. While this…

During the Holocaust when Adolf Hitler held a dictatorship over Germany, Hitler enforced ethnic cleansing of the Jewish. As fear drove German citizens to dedicate themselves to Hitler, millions of Jews lost their lives which destroyed humanity in Europe. Hitler took national interest to a fascist level because he believed that his goal was so…

Randolph Bourne’s piece of writing is clearly inspired by a desire for a cosmopolitan America he feels would be different in spirit and character to the countries of ‘old’ Europe; which is associated with his overarching desire for an “American” identity that is not totally Anglo-Saxon. This is what inspires him in his call for a “pragmatic”, “realistic” nation, a “trans-national” one. Bourne’s potential idea of a “pragmatic” America would consist of a multicultural America. This is undoubtedly…

questioning the concept of nation-states and nationalism. “The state is a legal and political concept, and is not a community. The nation for its part is defined as a social cultural community and yet it is one that must comply with the state” (Hayward, 89). She argues that you cannot truly have one without the other, but that the state has power over the nation. The idea of nation gives a sense of a community and a sense of belonging for the people. To have nationalism takes one back to the…

Foremost, to understand the document fully its fundamental we establish the background of this source. The source was written in 1920 Adolf Hitler at the time, an active speaker for the party along with Anton Drexler the then chairman of the German Worker’s Party or ‘DAP’ created the party program, and which later that year changed its name to the the ‘Nationalist German Worker’s Party’ (NSDAP), and is considered a primary source. Whilst the document itself is a program demanding the…

Primordialists argue that it is not possible to eliminate the influence of ethnic groups in the formation of national identity given the long history of these groups (Geertz, 1994, p. 30). The traditional view is that primordialists define national identity as the exclusive product of common bloodlines, regional origins as well as shared language. However, a deeper analysis of the primordialist approach reflects an image of nationalism different from the conventional view as mentioned. Given the…